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document.write( "the equation is 2-y=x-6. I'm trying to get it into standard form of a linear equation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I subtracted 6 from both sides and came up with: 8-y=x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I added 8 to both sides and got -y=x+8.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then i subtracted y from both sides and came up with the equation x-y=8. did i do this right? and would the x-intercept be (8,0), and y-intercept (0,-8)?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That is till you arrived at 8-y = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Adding -8 to both the sides you get,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-y = x - 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Adding y to both the sides u get,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0 = x-8+y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Or x + y - 8 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "U get the intercepts by replacing x and y by 0,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So x intercept would be (8,0) and y intercept would be (0,8)\r<BR>\n" );
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