document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=894721>Question 894721</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A line passes through the points (-10,-4) and (-1,2) . What is the y-intercept of the line? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A line passes through the points (-10,-4) and (-1,2) . <BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the y-intercept of the line?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "!st:: Find the equation of the line.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope = (2--4)/(-1--10 = 6/9 = 2/3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Form:: y = mx + b<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for \"b\"; it is the y-intercept.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 = (2/3)(-1) + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 = -2/3 + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 7/3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b = 8/3, not 7/3 </SPAN>\n" );
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