document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=356211>Question 356211</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> hi, my daughter is doing a lesson called \"graphing a line  given its equation in slope-intercept form\"..there are 2 problems she left blank and i can't figure out what to do...how would you write the equations for these problems?......1) The temperature is -6 degree celcius and rising at a rate of 2 degree per hour? 2) The temperature is 12 degree celcius and dropping at a rate of 3 degree per hour? can you also please show it on graph. thank you </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #254268 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><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=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=254268\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> y = temperature at any given time t.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "temperature increase 2 deg /hour<BR>\n" );
document.write( "in t hours it will increase by 2t deg.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "now it is -6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so the equation for temperature at any given time later will be<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -6 +2t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=graph%28300%2C300%2C-2%2C7%2C-8%2C5%2C%28-6%2B2x%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"graph%28300%2C300%2C-2%2C7%2C-8%2C5%2C%28-6%2B2x%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "you will observe after 3 hours temperature = 0 , y=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Similarly<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 12-3t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=graph%28300%2C300%2C-2%2C7%2C-2%2C13%2C%2812-3x%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"graph%28300%2C300%2C-2%2C7%2C-2%2C13%2C%2812-3x%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( " after 4 hours y=0 Or temperature = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "...<BR>\n" );
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