document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=235775>Question 235775</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you find m and b for the following problem:  3x-2y=5 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The y-intercept form for an equation is y = mx + b, where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We need to change your equation into the form y = mx + b.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To do so, we isolate y on the left side of the equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x - 2y = 5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-2y = -3x + 5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = (-3x + 5)/-2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = (3/2)(x) - 5/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From this final equation, we know that m = 3/2 and b = -5/2\r<BR>\n" );
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