document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=536929>Question 536929</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If the line defined by the equation -4x+2y=8 crosses another line with the equation y+(2/3)x+b at the point (3,a), what is the value of b? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "plug (3,a) for  the line<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-4x+2y=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-4(3)+2a=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-12+2a=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2a=20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a=10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=(2/3)x+b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(3,10) is the point\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10=(2/3)*3+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10=2+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=8\r<BR>\n" );
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