document.write( "Question 240153: How do you find the slope and y-intercept of the line 6x-2y=8 \n" ); document.write( "
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How do you find the slope and y-intercept of the line 6x-2y=8
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\n" ); document.write( "Perform the necessary operations to put the equation into the slope/intercept form
\n" ); document.write( "thats y = mx - b; where m = slope and b = the intercept
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\n" ); document.write( "6x - 2y = 8
\n" ); document.write( "Subtract 6x from both sides
\n" ); document.write( "-2y = -6x + 8
\n" ); document.write( "y has to be positive, multiply both sides -1 change the signs
\n" ); document.write( "2y = 6x - 8
\n" ); document.write( "Divide by 2 to give y a coefficient of 1:
\n" ); document.write( "y = \"6%2F2\"x - \"8%2F2\"
\n" ); document.write( "which is
\n" ); document.write( "y = 3x - 4
\n" ); document.write( "slope = 3; y intercept = -4
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\n" ); document.write( "Check this in the original equation, we know the y intercept occurs when x=0
\n" ); document.write( "6x - 2y = 8
\n" ); document.write( "6(0) - 2y = 8
\n" ); document.write( "-2y = 8
\n" ); document.write( "divide both sides by -2, and we get
\n" ); document.write( "y = -4 which is what we got \n" ); document.write( "
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