Slope from an equation, step by step
In y = mx + b the slope is the number multiplying x — even when it is hiding.
The question
y = 11x
y = 11x
y = 11x
m=11
y = 11x
m=11
- A line written this way carries two facts: how much y moves for each step of x, and where it already is when x is 0. The slope is the first.
- The number multiplying x is 11, so each step of x moves y by 11. There is no constant, so the line starts at 0.
- So m = 11.
How it works.
- 01
A line written this way carries two facts: how much y moves for each step of x, and where it already is when x is 0. The slope is the first.
- 02
The number multiplying x is 11, so each step of x moves y by 11. There is no constant, so the line starts at 0.
- 03
So m = 11.