document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=69682>Question 69682</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'm not able to find the y-intercept in 3x+y=4. Some one please help!!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #49613 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ptaylor><B>ptaylor(2198)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ptaylor><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ptaylor><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=49613\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need to find the y-intercept of 3x+y=4. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is the equation of a straight line.  The standard form for this equation is :\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=mx+b <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.  This is called the slope- intercept form for a straight line.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now we need to put your equation into standard form:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x+y=4  subtract 3x from both sides\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x-3x+y=-3x+4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-3x+4  This is now in standard slope-intercept form and we can see that the y-intercept is +4 --------------ans\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Again, I sure hope this helps-----ptaylor\r<BR>\n" );
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