document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=235564>Question 235564</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need to express an equation in the standard form y=mx + or - b<BR>\n" );
document.write( " with y-intercept (0,3/4) and m = -2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The slope intercept form is <i><b>always</i></b>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ y\ =\ mx\ +\ b\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Well, what about something like\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ y\ =\ 5x\ -\ 1\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you ask.  Well remember that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 5x\ -\ 1\"> is really <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 5x\ +\ (-1)\">.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you remember it this way, you will seldom, if ever, get confused about signs.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\">-intercept is at the point <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \left(0,\,b\right)\">, so if you are given the point <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \left(0,\,\frac{3}{4}\right)\"> then <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large b\ =\ \frac{3}{4}\">.  You are also given that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large m\ =\ -2\">, so just replace the values.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ y\ =\ -2x\ +\ \frac{3}{4}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The standard form is\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Ax\ +\ By\ =\ C\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, multiply both sides of your equation by 4 (remembering to multiply BOTH terms of the RHS) and then add <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 2x\"> to both sides.  Done.\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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