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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the y-intercept and the x-intercept for the equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-8x + y = 28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-8(0) + y= 28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y intercept is (0,28)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-8x + 0 =28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-8x = 28\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "X intercept is (-2/7,0) or (-4/14,0)????<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Can you help me which answer is right and why?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thank you! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "They are both right in the sense that both <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \left(\frac{-2}{7},0 \right) \"> and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \left(\frac{-4}{14},0 \right)\"> (or even <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \left(\frac{-60}{210},0 \right) \"> for that matter) describe the exact same point in <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \R^2\">.  However, the one with the coordinates reduced to the lowest terms is generally preferable.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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