document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=41379>Question 41379</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you write an equation in slope-intercept form when given the x and y-intercepts?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Example:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-intercept 3, y-intercept 2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Example:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-intercept 3,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "MEANS VALUE OF X=3 WHEN Y=0...THAT IS (3,0)IS A POINT ON THE LINE.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-intercept 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "MEANS VALUE OF Y=2 WHEN X=0....THAT IS (0,2) IS A POINT ON THE LINE.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "STD.EQN.IS<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=MX+C...WHERE M=SLOPE AND C= INTERCEPT<BR>\n" );
document.write( "SO IF Y INTERCEPT =2 THEN<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2=M*0+C.......C=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "IF X INTERCEPT IS 3 THEN<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0=M*3+C=3M+2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3M=-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "M=-2/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "HENCE EQN. OF LINE IS<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=-2X/3+2 </SPAN>\n" );
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