document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=653974>Question 653974</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need to find the slope and y and x intercepts for a line. The question is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "g(x)=54x-1. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the number next to the x in slope-point form supposed to be the slope right? So I looked in the back of my Algebra II book to check my answer, and it says the slope is 5. I would like to know if I'm simply wrong about slope-point operations or if I'm supposed to reduce the slope somehow. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #408562 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=408562\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If the equation is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=g%28x%29+=+54x-1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"g%28x%29+=+54x-1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, then the slope is 54.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the equation is really <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=g%28x%29=5x-1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"g%28x%29=5x-1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, then the slope is 5. </SPAN>\n" );
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