document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=71003>Question 71003</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0072934735/algebrahomeworkh>Intermediate Algerba  </A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help write in standard form<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=1/2x+7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please help write in slop-intercept<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x-3y=2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "ax+by=c<BR>\n" );
document.write( "soo y=1/2x+7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ax should be 1/2x, by is y, and c is 7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so all we have to do is subtract 1/2x from each side of the original equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-1/2x+y=7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "now, slope-intercept form of an equation is y=mx+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "first, let us get y in one side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "add -3x from each side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3y=2-3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "now, divide every term by -3 to isolate y.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-2/3+x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rearrage it a bit to put it in the form:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=x-2/3 </SPAN>\n" );
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