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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #385846 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=nerdybill><B>nerdybill(7384)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=nerdybill><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=nerdybill><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=385846\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how to graph x/8- y/3=1?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you could rearrange into the \"slope-intercept\" form of:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = mx + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "this way, you can easily identify the slope (m) and the y-intercept at (0,b)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x/8- y/3=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-y/3=-x/8+1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y/3=x/8-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = (3/8)x-3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so, we immediately see that the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-intercept is at (0,-3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and the <BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope is 3/8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " <TR><TD  ALIGN=MIDDLE>Solved by <A  rel=nofollow HREF=http://wiki.algebra.com/index.php/Tutoring_-_pluggable_solvers>pluggable</A> solver: <A  rel=nofollow HREF=describe_linear_equation.solver>DESCRIBE a linear EQUATION: slope, intercepts, etc</A></TD></TR>\n" );
document.write( "<TR><TD  ALIGN=LEFT>Equation <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.125+x+%2B+-0.333333333333333+y+=+1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.125+x+%2B+-0.333333333333333+y+=+1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > describes a sloping line. For any <BR>\n" );
document.write( "  equation ax+by+c = 0, slope is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-a%2Fb+=+-0.125%2F-0.333333333333333 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-a%2Fb+=+-0.125%2F-0.333333333333333\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<UL><LI>X intercept is found by setting y to 0: ax+by=c becomes ax=c. that means that x =  c/a. 1/0.125 = 8.</LI><LI>Y intercept is found by setting x to 0: the equation becomes by=c, and therefore y = c/b. Y intercept is 1/-0.333333333333333 = -3.</LI><LI>Slope is -0.125/-0.333333333333333 = 0.375.</LI><LI> Equation in slope-intercept form: y=0.375*x+-3.</LI></UL><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+8-8%2C+8%2B8%2C+-3-8%2C+-3%2B8%2C+0.375%2Ax%2B-3+%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+8-8%2C+8%2B8%2C+-3-8%2C+-3%2B8%2C+0.375%2Ax%2B-3+%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\n" );
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