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Would y=3x or y=x+300 be steeper

User RhinoDavid
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The slope of the first line is up 3 over 1.
The slope of the second line is up 1 over 1.

The first one is steeper. The y intercept of 300 is irrelevant.
User Gery
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y = 3x, because the slope is larger (3) than y = x + 300, which has a slope of 1
User Hitesh Bavaliya
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