document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=226098>Question 226098</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Directions: Translate each sentence into an equation. Then find four solutions for each equation. Write the solutions as ordered pairs. Graph each equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.) Some number is four more than a second number.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Am I supposed to use y=mxtb or use a normal setup of equations? And when I did try y= 4(2)+b I only got 8. And I didn't know what to do with the two variables. So would I do the slope first? I didn't try that because they don't list four different numbers in the question; but I can't complete y=mxtb without knowing what b is. Thanks for your help! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Some number: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A second number: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"is\" means equals\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Some number (<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\">) is (=) four more than a second number (<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x + 4\">)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ y = x + 4\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Pick a value, any value, for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">.  Substitute that value in place of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> in the equation.  Calculate the value of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\"> that results from your choice of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">.  Finally, create the ordered pair that represents that solution by writing <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \left(x,y\right)\"> where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> is the value you chose and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\"> is the value that resulted from your choice.  For example, let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x = 1\">, then <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y = 1 + 4 = 5\">, so your ordered pair is (1,5).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Follow the above steps three more times using different values of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "One more thing:  The slope-intercept form of the equation of a line is not y=mxtb, it is y = mx + b. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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