document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=197144>Question 197144</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780495553458/algebrahomeworkh></A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 7.1x - 3.9y = 1.4 calculate slope, x-intercept, y-intercept and label the intercepts on the graph\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rewrite the equation as <BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3.9y=7.1x-1.4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3.9y=7.1x-1.4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=%287.1%2F3.9%29x-%281.4%2F3.9%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=%287.1%2F3.9%29x-%281.4%2F3.9%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=1.82x-0.36 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=1.82x-0.36\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ------(1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "general equation for slope-intercept form for a line is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=mx+c where m is the slope and c is the y intercept.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So slope = 1.82<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   y intercept = (0,-0.36)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  to find x intercept , put y=0 in the equation (1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   x intercept = (0.198,0) </SPAN>\n" );
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