document.write( "Question 55143: write an equation in slope-intercept form for each graph.
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y=mx+b [Slope-intercept equation of a line]
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\n" ); document.write( "m=(0-6)/(3-1)=-6/2=-3
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\n" ); document.write( "y=mx+b [plug-in the values of one point and the slope]
\n" ); document.write( "0=(-3)(3)+b [Solve for b]
\n" ); document.write( "0=-9+b
\n" ); document.write( "9=b
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\n" ); document.write( "y=-3x+9 [Plug-in the values of the slope and y-intercept for the slope-intercept form of the line.]
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\n" ); document.write( "Check by pluggin in the values for the second points.
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\n" ); document.write( "6=-3(1)+9
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\n" ); document.write( "6=6 [Checks out]\r
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