document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=260053>Question 260053</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find the slope and the y-intercept of the line:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=4/7x - and explain how </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #191480 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><B>richwmiller(17219)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><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=richwmiller><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=191480\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If this is the entire equation, then the slope is 4/7 and the y intercept when x=0 is also 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You have the equation in what is known as the slope intercept form.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=mx+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "where m is the slope and b is the y intercept there is no b in your equation so it equals zero<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and m=4/7.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I assume you really mean <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4x%2F7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4x%2F7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and not the <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%2F7x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%2F7x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > that you wrote.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You have to be very careful with the notation on the screen.<BR>\n" );
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