The equation of line L is , where a is a positive constant. If the value of a in this equation is tripled, then the resulting equation will represent a line whose slope is how many times the slope of line L?
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a is a constant→ the slope of this graph is 5/a→ if a is tripled, resulting slope 5/(3a)→so the slope of the new graph will be 5/(3a)→the slope of the original is 5/a, the new slope is 5/(a)*1/3 = 5/(3a)