document.write( "Question 780373: Re: Thank you note (algebra.com problem 780290)
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\n" ); document.write( "3 is the correct answer. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 4, 2013, at 10:52 AM, devnull@algebra.com wrote:
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\n" ); document.write( "7x+4y-12=0\r
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document.write( "The given equation is in GENERAL form\r\n" );
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document.write( " 7x+4y-12 = 0 \r\n" );
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document.write( " Get it into SLOPE-INTERCEPT form.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Isolate the term that contains y:\r\n" );
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document.write( "       4y = -7x+12\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divive every term through by 4:\r\n" );
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document.write( "        = x+\r\n" );
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document.write( "       y = x + 3\r\n" );
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document.write( "This is in the slope-intercept form, which is\r\n" );
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document.write( "       y = mx+b\r\n" );
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document.write( "where m is the slope and (0,b) is the y-intercept.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So  is the slope and (0,3) is the y-intercept.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin

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