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document.write( "write equation in slope intercept form: \r\n" );
document.write( "  y + 2 = 4(x + 2)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Slope intercept form cosists of \r\n" );
document.write( "these 6 things in this order:\r\n" );
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document.write( "1. The letter y\r\n" );
document.write( "2. An equal sign =\r\n" );
document.write( "3. A number  (called the slope)\r\n" );
document.write( "4. The letter x next to and multiplied \r\n" );
document.write( "   by the number in 3\r\n" );
document.write( "5. A plus or minus sign\r\n" );
document.write( "6. A number  (called the y-intercept)\r\n" );
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document.write( "y + 2 = 4(x + 2)\r\n" );
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document.write( "y + 2 = 4x + 8\r\n" );
document.write( "   -2       -2\r\n" );
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document.write( "y     = 4x + 6\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's it. You have all 6 things there. \r\n" );
document.write( "The slope is 4 and the y-intercept is\r\n" );
document.write( "+6.  The slope 4 means that if you trace \r\n" );
document.write( "along the line you have to move upward \r\n" );
document.write( "4 times as fast as you move to the right. \r\n" );
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document.write( "It's graph looks like this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Notice that it crosses the y-axis at +6, and that\r\n" );
document.write( "it goes up 4 times as fast as it goes right.\r\n" );
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