Question

Which equation shows a greater slope?

Question 9 options:

y = 3x + 8

y = 1/3 x + 5

y = 2x + 4

y = 1/2 x + 6

Answer 1

When the equations are set up in that way, the slope is the coefficient of x.
Therefore the equation y = 3x + 8 has the greatest slope, which is 3.