document.write( "Question 519615: Please help me answer these 5 questions:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "1) m = change in y / change in x = rise over the run = (y-y1)/(x-x1)
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\n" ); document.write( "m = 0/-3 = 0 which is a horizontal line
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\n" ); document.write( "2) y = 2x -3
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\n" ); document.write( "4) Vertical line through (7,-2) is x=7
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\n" ); document.write( "3) slope and equation of line through (-1,2) and (4,-1/2).
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\n" ); document.write( "m = 2-(-1/2) / -1-4
\n" ); document.write( "m = 2+1/2 / -5
\n" ); document.write( "m = (5/2) / -5 = -1/2
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\n" ); document.write( "y = -1/2x + b
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\n" ); document.write( "use one of the known points to find 'b'
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\n" ); document.write( "2 = -1/2(-1) +b
\n" ); document.write( "2 = 1/2 +b
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\n" ); document.write( "y = -1/2x + 3/2
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\n" ); document.write( "y-intercept occurs where x=0, which is (0,3/2)
\n" ); document.write( "x-intercept occurs where y=0, which is (3,0)
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\n" ); document.write( "5) Equation for the line through the point (5,7) with a slope of 2.
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\n" ); document.write( "y = 2x + b
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\n" ); document.write( "use the known point to find 'b'
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\n" ); document.write( "7 = 2(5) + b
\n" ); document.write( "7 = 10 + b
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\n" ); document.write( "y = 2x-3
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\n" ); document.write( "y-intercept = (0, -3)
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