What is the slope of the line: y = 2x - 1?

Astudent simplified a rational expression as shown.

What expression is equivalent to (2x-1)(x-3)?

Do some research and find a city that has experienced population growth. determine its population on january 1st of a certain year. write an exponential function to represent the city’s population, y, based on the number of years that pass, x after a period of exponential growth. describe the variables and numbers that you used in your equation.