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What is the best description of slope (m) in a word problem?

The total at a certain time


The starting point


The rate of change


The amount of time

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The slope is the rate of change. It is how something increases or decreases over an amount of time.

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Answer:

Word problems with linear equations (that is, with straight-line models) almost always work this way: the slope is the rate of change, and the y-intercept is the starting value.

Explanation:

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