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What is the slope of the line given by the equation y = 4x? Enter your answer as an integer or fraction in lowest terms.

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Answer:

slope = 4

Explanation:

recall that for a linear equation in the form:

y = mx + b,

m = slope of line and b is the y-intercept.

In our case, we are given

y = 4x

If we compare this with the general equation above,

we can see that m = 6 and b = 0

hence slope = m = 4

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