document.write( "Question 526306: Write the equation of the line in slope-intercept form with a slope of 2 and a y-intercept of -3
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You cannot write the equation of a line. There are an infinite number of equations whose solution set is a set of ordered pairs that comprise a line in

. You can write an equation in slope-intercept form that represents a line. Note that -3 is NOT the

-intercept. -3 is the

-coordinate of the

-intercept. That is because the

-intercept is a point and must be fully qualified by an ordered pair. The

-intercept of a line in

is an ordered pair of the form

where

is the

-intercept of the

-coordinate.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The slope-intercept form is

where

is the slope and

is the

-intercept of the

-coordinate. You are given both values, so just substitute them into the form.
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