Why can u call y = mx + b a “literal” equation?

Equations made up of multiple variables like formulas.

Step-by-step explanation:

Similar to how y = mx+b has many letters in it but we can input known values to solve for the values that we want.

i hope this is what you were looking for.

see attached graph

no because after the troops were pulled many blacks were killed by hangings lynchings and other cruel ways which in a way interrupted the reconstruction of the south and differed from the way abraham lincoln had an idea of reconstruction