document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=798101>Question 798101</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> ok, i have tried every way my teacher showed , not many,but doesn't come out right: i get the weirdest fraction ever!! i am failing his class he treats us girls badly, i just need a passing grade and this homeworkis what i need\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the homework sheet says:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Write the slope-intercept form of the equation of the line described\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1) trough: (5,4), parallel to y=3/5x -1 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #482040 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39618)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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=482040\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A general slope-intercept form for a line is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=mx%2Bb ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=mx%2Bb\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The slope is m, and means, \"vertical change divided by horizontal change.\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The y-intercept is b.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Another way to use slope-intercept equation is to solve for b, so you would have a formula for the y-intercept.'<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b=y-mx ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b=y-mx\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Line parallel to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=%283%2F5%29x-1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=%283%2F5%29x-1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > AND containing point (5,4):\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Slope will be the same, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%283%2F5%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%283%2F5%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, in order for the line to be parallel.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y-intercept of the requested line would be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b=4-%283%2F5%29%2A5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b=4-%283%2F5%29%2A5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b=4-3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b=4-3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b=1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b=1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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