document.write( "Question 214764: Find slope-intercept form of the equation of the line with the following intercepts:
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Find slope-intercept form of the equation of the line with the following intercepts:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Step 1. The slope-intercept form of the equation is given as y=mx+b where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept at point(0,5). For our example, b=5.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Step 2. To find the slope we use the x-intercept which means it occurs at point (-7,0) or x=-7 and y=0.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=mx%2Bb=mx%2B5\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"0=m%2A-7%2B5\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"0=-7m%2B5\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Add 7m to both sides of equation\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"7m=-7m%2B5%2B7m\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"7m=5\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Divide 7 to both sides of equation\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"7m%2F7=5%2F7\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"m=5%2F7\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Step 4. ANSWER: The equation of the line is \"y=5x%2F7%2B5\"}\r
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