document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=377053>Question 377053</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write an equation in a) slope - intercept form and b) Standard Form:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "slope=-2; y-int=-3 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The slope = -2, so that is the coefficient of 'x'.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The y-intercept is the point where x=0.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Slope-intercept form:  y = mx+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -2x -3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Standard form:  Ax + By = C.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add 2x to both sides to get 'x' and 'y' to the same side, leaving the constant behind.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x + y = -3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A graph is useful, too.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Done. </SPAN>\n" );
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