document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=273402>Question 273402</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What's the x-intercept of the line that has an equation of -3x+6y=9 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The standard form of a line in the slope-intercept form is\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = mx + b.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In this form m is the slope and b is the value of y where the line intercepts the y-axis.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The line -3x+6y=9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "can be rewritten as<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6y = 3x +9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and finally as (dividing both sides of the equation by 6):\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = 3/6*x + 9/6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = 1/2*x + 3/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In this form the slope m = 1/2 and the y-intercept is 3/2. </SPAN>\n" );
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