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Because of the Slope-Intercept equation. The model of any line can be described by the formula y=mx+b. The m is a number that represents the slope of a line. Whoever discovered the equation chose m instead of s. Probably because s usually represents the summnation of a series of numbers, so the mathemetician chose m to prevent confusion.

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