document.write( "Question 240813: transform to slope intercept form: 2x+5y=15 \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #176413 by Edwin McCravy(20055)\"\" \"About 
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transform to slope intercept form:
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document.write( "       2x + 5y = 15\r\n" );
document.write( "      -2x       -2x\r\n" );
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document.write( "            5y = 15 - 2x\r\n" );
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document.write( "Write the second term first on the right:\r\n" );
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document.write( "            5y = -2x + 15\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide every number by 5\r\n" );
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document.write( "           \"5%2F5\"y = \"-2%2F5\"x + \"15%2F5\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify:\r\n" );
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document.write( "          \"cross%285%29%2Fcross%285%29\"y = \"-2%2F5\"x + \"cross%2815%29%2Fcross%285%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "            y = \"-2%2F5\"x + 3\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's the slope-intercept form,\r\n" );
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document.write( "            y = mx + b \r\n" );
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document.write( "where the slope is m, which equals \"-2%2F5\", and\r\n" );
document.write( "the y-coordinate of the y-intercept is b, which equals 3.\r\n" );
document.write( "That means the y-intercept is the point (0,3).\r\n" );
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