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What is the slope of the line ?

What is the slope of the line ?-example-1

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Answer: f(x)= 2x-3

Step-by-step explanation: The formula for slope is y=mx+b, where m is equal to the slope of the line and b is equal to the y-intercept. We can find the slope by looking at the line OR solving algebraically using the following calculations:

(y2-y1)/(x2-x1)

Pick 2 points on the line and plug in.

(x1,y1)-->(2,1) and (x2,y2)-->(3,3)

(3-1)/(3-2)=2/1=2

So, the slope of the line is 2. m=2.

To find the y-intercept, we can solve algebraically or look at the graph.

y=2x+b

Plug in a point from the graph to find b, the y-intercept.

3=2(3)+b

3=6+b

-3=b

So, the y-intercept is b.

Now, we plug our values into the slope intercept equation, y=mx+b

y=2x-3

Again, you look look at the graph and see where x=0 is to find the y intercept. To find the slope you can use rise/run and count to see that to get from one point on the graph to the next, you count up 2 (rise 2) and to the right 1 (run 1) which gives you 2/1. 2/1 is equal to 2, giving you the slope of 2.

Hope this helped :))

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