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A friend gives you two baseball cards for your birthday. Afterward, you begin collecting them. You buy the same number of cards once each week. The equation y = 4x + 2 describes the number of cards, y, you have after x weeks.

Find and interpret the slope and the y−intercept of the line that represents this situation.



The slope is _____, while the y−intercept is ____. This equation represents starting with ____cards and adding ______cards each week.

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The slope is 4x while the y-intercept os 2.This equation represents starting with 2 and adding 4x cards each week.
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Answer:

The slope is 4x while the y-intercept os . 2 is the number your friend gave you(which is what you start with) and you collect 4 every week

Explanation:

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