Graphs and Sliders

Move the small circles on sliders m and b. What do you observe?




















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1. How do the values of m and b affect the appearance of the graph?
2. Suppose, we can increase the value of m and b as much as we can, is it possible to plot a vertical graph?
3. Explain why your observations in 1 are such.

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