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What is the slope of the graph of in the xy-plane?
What is the slope of the graph of y = 1 3 29 x + 10
Hard-difficulty · SAT Math · Linear Functions — Slope calculation and interpretation. Read the question above, select your answer, and check the full explanation below to understand exactly why the correct choice works.
Answer explanation
The correct answer is . A linear equation can be written in the form , where is the slope of the graph of the equation in the xy-plane and is the y-intercept. Distributing the in the equation yields . Combining like terms on the right-hand side of this equation yields . This equation is in the form , where and . Therefore, the slope of the graph of the given equation in the xy-plane is . Note that 44/3, 14.66, and 14.67 are examples of ways to enter a correct answer.
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