document.write( "Question 819267: Please help me solve this equation!
\n" ); document.write( "If you have an x-intercept = -1 and a y-intercept = -2 find the slope and the y-intercept \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "It is not possible to have an -intercept = -1, nor is -intercept = -2 possible either.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Intercepts are points, and points, in , are designated by ordered pairs.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now, if the -intercept is the point  and the -intercept is the point , the slope can be determined using the slope formula:\r\n" );
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document.write( " where  and  are two given points on the line in question.\r\n" );
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document.write( "I would hope that the designation of the -intercept would be obvious.\r\n" );
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