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document.write( "Without graphing identify the slope and the Y intercept<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3x + 5y = 5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-3x + 5y = 5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You'll see this often.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "To find the slope, m, and the y-intercept, put the equation in slope-intercept form:  y = mx + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That just means solve for y.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3x + 5y = 5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5y = 3x + 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = (3/5)x + 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The slope is the coefficient of x:  m = 3/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The y-intercept is +1, or the point (0,1)<BR>\n" );
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