document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=553662>Question 553662</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The intercepts of a line are shown below.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                       x-intercept = 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                      y-intercept = -2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " What is the slope of this line?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-intercept = 4, y=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-intercept = -2, x=0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So we have two points<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Points (4,0) and (0,-2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Put the values of above points in the equation of straight line point-slope form				<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=(y2-y1)/(x2-x1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=(-2-0)/(0-4)				<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=-2/-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=1/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Slope the line is 1/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation will be<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=mx+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=x/2-2\r<BR>\n" );
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