They want you to know the slope and the y-intercept of your equation
For example:
y=1/6x + 2
the slope will be 1/6 and the y-intercept will be 2
A colon is mostly used to show that you are going to make a list of things after the comma. So, having that in mind, the correct answer is the first option - I edited the article and found: comma splices, sentence fragments, and misplaced modifiers.
You listed three things here, therefore you have to put a colon. If you are going to mention only one thing, like in the other examples, a colon is not needed.
The metaphysical poets aimed to change the high-flown language of Elizabethan poetry. They were reacting against the flowery language Elizabethan poets used.
Flowery language means that a language contains long, literary expressions.
B. to express reverence for the lost soldiers.
Reverence means ‘high esteem’; the speech not only focuses on them and their bravery, but emphasises on the extent of impact that they made, and how brave they were in such conditions.
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