document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=556521>Question 556521</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What's the slope and the y intercept of this problem 2x+9=-18 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "2x+9=-18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -27/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "change in x = 0 --> slope is undefined<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That's the slope of the graph of the equation, not the slope of the problem.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x+9=-18 is an equation, not a problem.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It's important to ask the right question. </SPAN>\n" );
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