document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=215585>Question 215585</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what is the y intercept of the points (1, 202) and (4, 382)? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The two given points do not have a <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\">-intercept.  The line that passes through the two given points <i>does</i> have a <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\">-intercept however.  Presuming that is what you really meant to ask, proceed as follows:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the two-point form of the equation of a line:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ y - y_1 = \left(\frac{y_1 - y_2}{x_1 - x_2}\right)(x - x_1) \">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \left(x_1,y_1\right)\"> and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \left(x_2,y_2\right)\"> are the ordered pairs describing the given points.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Make the appropriate substitutions of coordinate values:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ y - 202 = \left(\frac{202 - 382}{1 - 4}\right)(x - 1) \">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Giving you AN equation for the desired line.  Next simplify and solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\"> putting your equation into slope-intercept form, namely <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y = mx + b\">.  The <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\">-intercept is then the point <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \left(0,b\right)\">.\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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