document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=161704>Question 161704</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS PROBLEM:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write an equation in slope-intercept form of a line satisfying the given conditions.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "m = -3/2; b = 8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. y = (3/2)x + 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. y = -(3/2)x + 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. y = -(3/2)x - 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d. y = (3/2)x - 8 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer: b<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"Slope-intercept\" of a line is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = mx + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "where<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m is slope<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b is y-intercept<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "m = -3/2; b = 8 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "plugging in the given values yield:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = (-3/2)x + 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -(3/2)x + 8\r<BR>\n" );
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