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document.write( "3x + 5y = 12 by the slope intercept method.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x + 5y = 12 by the slope intercept method.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In order to use the slope intercept methos=d, we must put the equation into slope intercept form: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28y=mx%2Bb%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28y=mx%2Bb%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, where m=slope, and (0,b)=y-intercept.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3x+3x+5y=-3x+12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5y=-3x+12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5y%2F5=-3x%2F5%2B12%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5y%2F5=-3x%2F5%2B12%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=%28-3%2F5%29x%2B12%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=%28-3%2F5%29x%2B12%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The y-intercept is: (0,12/5) which is (0,2 2/5), because your y-intercept is a fraction you wouldn't want to use this method unless your instructions said you had to,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Plot (0,2 2/5) this is a little less than half way to 3 on the y-axis.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "From that point use your slope: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m=-3%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m=-3%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  Slope is rise/run, so rise -3 (go down 3 units) and run 5 (go right 5 units) and plot a second point. (this should be (5, -3/5).)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The graph should look like this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=graph%28300%2C200%2C-10%2C10%2C-10%2C10%2C%28-3%2F5%29x%2B12%2F5%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"graph%28300%2C200%2C-10%2C10%2C-10%2C10%2C%28-3%2F5%29x%2B12%2F5%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Happy Calculating!!! </SPAN>\n" );
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