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document.write( "and at y-intercept, the value of x is 0?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To answer your question, let's look at an example <BR>\n" );
document.write( "shown below by graphing two points since two points make a line:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2x%2B5y=10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2x%2B5y=10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  Equation of a line in standard form.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 1.  Let x=0 then 5y=10 or y=2.  So one point is (0,2).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 2.  Let y=0 then 2x=10 or x=5.  So another point is (5,0).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 3.  Now, draw a graph using these two points (0,2) and (5,0).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 4.  Note that at point (0,2) the line intersects the y-axis and at point(5,0) the line intersects the x-axis.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the y-intercept is when x=0 or at point (0,2).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And the x-intercept is when y=0 or at point (5,0).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I hope the above steps were helpful.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And good luck in your studies!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Respectfully,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Dr J\r<BR>\n" );
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