In order to find the slope, it is simplest to put this line equation into slope-intercept form. If I rearrange this line to be in the form  y = mx + b , it will be easy to read off the slope m.
While there are several types of transactions classified under the notion of M&A, a merger means a combination of two companies to form a new company, while an acquisition is the purchase of one company by another in which no new company is formed.
A reverse merger is generally when a privately held company, merges into a publicly traded 'shell' (a shell is publicly held, usually 80%+ is controlled by one person, or group, and more often than not, there no longer remains any operating busine...