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Describe how you can tell whether a line’s slope is greater than 1, equal to 1, or less than 1

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If the slope is greater than one, it would have a positive slope and it is moving vertically up the y axis.

If the slope is equal to one, Guessing that the y axis is counting by 1 you could tell the slope is 1 by looking to see if first, it is moving positively up the y axis or look at what points it is intersecting. If it's counting every 1 point (For example) If the start of the slope began on the origin (0, 0) than it should count (0, 0) - (1, 1) - (2, 2) - (3, 3) etc..

Now the more "confusing" one. if the slope is less than one it can be a flat line on the graph. Not negative nor positive, Its neutral. You can also tell if its positive if it is moving down the graph, Negatively. or if it is moving into a different quadrant from. (0, 0)

The different fonts are the different answers, i hope this helped.

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