document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=150403>Question 150403</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0887249353/algebrahomeworkh>Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 9. 2x - 4y - 14 = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "15. y = -x -15\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I don't understand how to do Linear's can u please tell me step- by- step. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #110352 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=110352\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'm assuming that you want to graph?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-4y-14=0-2x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-4y-14=0-2x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Subtract <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > from both sides.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Looking at <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=%281%2F2%29x-7%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=%281%2F2%29x-7%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > we can see that the equation is in slope-intercept form <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=mx%2Bb ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=mx%2Bb\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > where the slope is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m=1%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m=1%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and the y-intercept is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b=-7%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b=-7%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b=-7%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b=-7%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > this tells us that the y-intercept is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \left(0,-\frac{7}{2}\right)\">.Remember the y-intercept is the point where the graph intersects with the y-axis\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So we have one point <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \left(0,-\frac{7}{2}\right)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now since the slope is comprised of the \"rise\" over the \"run\" this means\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Also, because the slope is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, this means:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "which shows us that the rise is 1 and the run is 2. This means that to go from point to point, we can go up 1  and over 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So starting at <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \left(0,-\frac{7}{2}\right)\">, go up 1 unit \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Looking at <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=-x-15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=-x-15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > we can see that the equation is in slope-intercept form <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=mx%2Bb ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=mx%2Bb\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > where the slope is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m=-1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m=-1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and the y-intercept is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b=-15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b=-15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b=-15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b=-15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > this tells us that the y-intercept is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \left(0,-15\right)\">.Remember the y-intercept is the point where the graph intersects with the y-axis\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So we have one point <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \left(0,-15\right)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now since the slope is comprised of the \"rise\" over the \"run\" this means\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Also, because the slope is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, this means:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "which shows us that the rise is -1 and the run is 1. This means that to go from point to point, we can go down 1  and over 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So starting at <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \left(0,-15\right)\">, go down 1 unit \r<BR>\n" );
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