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document.write( "Change equation into standard form for a straight line: y=mx+b, m=slope, b=y-intercept<BR>\n" );
document.write( " -x=5y-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5y=-x+2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-x/5+2/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This gives you the slope of 1/5 and y-intercept of 2/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "To graph line:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Starting from the y-intercept(0,2/5), move up one unit and 5 units to the right (rise/run) to establish the 2nd point. Drawing a line thru these two points gives you a graph of the given equation.  </SPAN>\n" );
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