document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=755115>Question 755115</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Rewrite the given equation in slope-intercept form:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "- 3x + y = 5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please show how you arrived at answer. Thank you. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Slope intercept form is nothing but y=mx+b (where m is the slope and b is the y intercept)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  The first step to solving this problem is to isolate y on one side and everything else on another.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To do so, you have to add x on both sides of of the equation. It will then look like this:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-3x+3x+y=3x+5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-3x and +3x cancel each other out/equal to zero so you get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=3x+5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As you can see, this matches the y=mx+b. (m=3 and b=5)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Good luck! </SPAN>\n" );
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