Economics Today: The Macro View (19th Edition) (Pearson Series in Economics)
Economics Today: The Macro View (19th Edition) (Pearson Series in Economics)
19th Edition
ISBN: 9780134478760
Author: Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1.A, Problem 8P
To determine

Concept introduction:

Slope of a straight line is given by the formula, m= y2y1 x2x1 . The slope shows us how y changes for a unit change in x. For instance, let

y=mx+c

Where,

m is the slope of the line.

x is the independent variable

c is a constant

y is the dependent variable

Then, slope of this line will be given by

m= y2y1 x2x1

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