document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=250070>Question 250070</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How would you graph y+15=-3/4(x-6) ? Help please! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #182046 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=182046\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You have to solve for y.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In doing so, you will have converted the equation into the slope intercept form of y = mx + b where m is the slope and b is the y intercept.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "your equation is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y + 15 = -(3/4)*(x-6)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "simplify by removing parentheses to get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y + 15 = (-3/4)*x + (18/4)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "subtract 15 from both sides of the equation to get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = (-3/4)*x + (18/4) - 15\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "since 15 = 60/4, equation becomes:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = (-3/4)*x + (18/4) - (60/4)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "simplify by combining like terms to get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = (-3/4)*x - (42/4)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the equation is now in slope intercept form and can also be graphed.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "graph of your equation looks like:\r<BR>\n" );
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