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The general equation of a line is y = mx + b, where m is the slope of the line and b is the y-intercept. For example, find the slope of the line f(x) = 2x − 1, shown in Figure 15.1(a).
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Dodson, C.T.J., Gonzalez, E.A. (1995). Secants and Tangents. In: Experiments In Mathematics Using Maple. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79758-3_15
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