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What effects do the values of a and b have on the graph of the linear relation y = ax + b?

What effects do the values of a and b have on the graph of the linear relation y = ax + b?
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What effects do the values of a and b have on the graph of the linear relation y = ax + b?

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a is the coefficient of x. It changes the slope of the line/the steepness. The b changes the point where the line crosses the y-axis. For instance if we had the equation y = x + 4 then the function would cross at the point (0,4)
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