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What is the rate of change for the equation y = 2x + 80?

User WeNeigh
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Answer:

2

Explanation:

The rate of change for a line is the slope.

y = mx + b, where m is the slope.

y = 2x + 80

Hope this helps!

User Alexey Pichukov
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The rate of change is the slope

The linear equation is in the form 'y = mx +b' where m is the slope.

Thus the rate of change is 2.

Hope that helps!

User Moein Alizadeh
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