Since 4/9 in decimal form is 0.44444
and 1/2 in decimal form is 0.5
0.4444<0.5
1/2 is greater than 4/9
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The slope is rise over run, how many times you go up (or if down it'd be a negative) and over.
The y-intercept is what point on the y axis the line passes through
The 30th term of this sequence would be 248