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Why is the letter m used to stand for slope like how y equals mx plus b?
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∙ 12y ago
It is an arbitrary convention.
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How do you sketch this function y equals absolute value of 3x?
The graph of that function looks like a big letter ' V '. The point of the 'V' is at the origin,the left half has slope = -3, and the right half has slope = 3.
What is slope of 6x plus 3y equals 8?
First you need to solve for y like this: 6x+3y=8 3y=-6x+8 y=-2x+8/3 Once you have the equation solved for y, the coefficient of x equals the slope: slope = -2
Are variables expressed as many different things in Algebra?
Sometimes... some variables can only stand for one thing, like m= slope, but "x" is a variable that can stand for just about anything; slope, axis, and equations.
What is the slope of y equals 3x-7?
10
Find the slope of the line y equals -4.5x-10?
5.5
How do you sketch this function y equals absolute value of 3x?
The graph of that function looks like a big letter ' V '. The point of the 'V' is at the origin,the left half has slope = -3, and the right half has slope = 3.
What is slope of 6x plus 3y equals 8?
First you need to solve for y like this: 6x+3y=8 3y=-6x+8 y=-2x+8/3 Once you have the equation solved for y, the coefficient of x equals the slope: slope = -2
Are variables expressed as many different things in Algebra?
Sometimes... some variables can only stand for one thing, like m= slope, but "x" is a variable that can stand for just about anything; slope, axis, and equations.
What is the slope of y equals 3x-7?
10
What is y equals 5x plus 6?
It is slope intercept form. The equation for slope intercept form is y=mx+b which is like your equation y=5x+6
Find the slope of the line y equals -4.5x-10?
5.5
How do you write y equals 4x in slope intercept form?
That's a lot like asking us "What color is an orange ?"y = 4x is already in slope-intercept form.The slope is 4, and the intercept is zero. (That's why the intercept isn't there.)
What will the graph of y equals b look like for any real number b?
A straight horizontal line with no slope
What do you do if you get a question like y equals 7 - 3x?
4
What is the slope of the line that is parallel to the line whose equations is y-5x equals 10?
a like that is parallel to the line y - 5x = 10 will have the same slope as y - 5x = 10. the slope of a line is determined by the standard form of a linear equation y = mx + b where m is the slope. we need to get our equation to look like the standard form. y - 5x = 10 y = 10 + 5x (adding 5x to both sides) comparing this to our standard form y = mx + b the number in front of the x is our slope. in this particular equation m = 5 the slope of a like parallel to this line will be the same, a slope of 5
What would the graph look like for the line 3x plus 4y equals 8?
3x+4y = 8 4y = -3x+8 y = -3/4x+2 in slope intercrpt form It has a negative slope so the straight line goes 'downhill'
What does the greek letter tt stand for?
I guess you mean Π.. It's a letter, pronounced the like the English "P"
