document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=181212>Question 181212</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> i don't know how to find the slope, x and y intercept of the following equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-6=(x-3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "i was thinking maybe the slope might be 0 but i'm not positive because i've never seen a problem like this.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y-6=(x-3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-6 = x-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = x+3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The slope-intercept form is y = mx+b.  m is the slope.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In y = x+3, the coefficient of x is 1.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the slope, m, is 1.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Also, in y=mx+b, b is the y-intercept, so that is (0,3). (where it crosses the y-axis, x = 0)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To find the x-intercept, set y = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0 = x+3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That's the point (-3,0)<BR>\n" );
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