If y = 15x + 5 is an equation representing a line on a graph, which direction is the line moving? Also, what if the answer was a negative slope? Would it go up to the left or the right?

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Vanessa Leung asked Oct 12, 2023

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If y = 15x + 5 is an equation representing a line on a graph, which direction is the line moving?

Also, what if the answer was a negative slope? Would it go up to the left or the right?

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Slope(X) is positive because 15 is a positive number but if it was -15 it would go up to the left because from left to right it is decreasing

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