document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=825466>Question 825466</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find the slope and y-intercept of 3x + 4y = 12 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's put this 3x + 4y = 12 in Slope-intercept form and life will be easy. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x + 4y = 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract 3x and divide by 4 to give us:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -3/4x+3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now we can see the slope is -3/4 and the line crosses the y axis at 3(y intercept)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "RJ<BR>\n" );
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