document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=308823>Question 308823</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Whats the equation for a line whose x-intercept is 8 and whose y-intercept is 6? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A line that has an <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">-intercept of 8 passes through the point <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large (8,0)\">.  Likewise a line that has an <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\">-intercept of 6 passes through the point <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large (0,6)\">.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the two-point form of the equation of a line to derive <b><i>an</i></b> equation for the desired line.  (You can't find <b><i>the</i></b> equation for a line because there are an infinite number of representations of any given line.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ y\ -\ y_1\ =\ \left(\frac{y_1\ -\ y_2}{x_1\ -\ x_2}\right)(x\ -\ x_1) \">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \left(x_1,y_1\right)\"> and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \left(x_2,y_2\right)\"> are the coordinates of the given points.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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