document.write( "Question 843208: How would I go about solving this word problem for y-intercept and making an equation?
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document.write( "***Using point-slope form, 
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document.write( "(y-1)= -1(x-5)
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document.write( "  y-1 = -x + 5
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document.write( "   y = -x + 6    | y-intercept is 6
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document.write( "    the standard slope-intercept form for an equation of a line is 
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document.write( "  where m is the slope and b the y-intercept.
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