document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=60200>Question 60200</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can someone help me find the slope and the y-intercept:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "   y = x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  What would it look like?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  Thanks,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  Ashley </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the slope and the y-intercept:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "   y = x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " The slope intercept form of a line is <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;\" >, m=slope and b=y-intercept.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If there is no coefficient of x, the slope is m=1 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "If there is no b, the y-intercept is (0,0)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It looks like this.  It's sometimes called the identity because y=x at all points.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ashley,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You have another question about x=-9.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I can't graph that because it's not a function.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The slope is undefined, and graphically, it's a vertical line going up and down through x=-9.  I left the problem to someone else who may know how to use the draw feature.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Happy Calculating, Ashley!!! </SPAN>\n" );
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