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What is the slope of the function? Then changed the line so it had a slope of 2, but still went through the same point. Which equation should Alejandra write to represent the new line?

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Alejandra correctly wrote the equation y – 3 = (1/5) (x – 10) to represent a line that her teacher sketched. The teacher then changed the line so it had a slope of 2, but still went through the same point. Which equation should Alejandra write to represent the new line?

Answer:

y – 3 = 2(x – 10)

Explanation:

Since the original line is;

y – 3 = (1/5) (x – 10)

This means the slope is 1/5 and the x and y coordinates are (10, 3) respectively.

Now, if she changes the slope to 2 and it still passed through the same point, then it means it's x and y points are still (10, 3). Thus, the equation will now be;

y – 3 = 2(x – 10)

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