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Please help me. I am not doing so good with this one.\r\n" );
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document.write( "3x + 8y = 72\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solve the equation for y, so that you have the form\r\n" );
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document.write( "                      y = mx + b\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then m, the coefficient of x is the slope, and b, the other\r\n" );
document.write( "number is the y-coordinate of the y-intercept.  The x coordinate\r\n" );
document.write( "of the y-intercept is 0, so the y-intercept is the point (0,b)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Compare that with     \r\n" );
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document.write( "and you see that the slope m =  and the y-coordinate of\r\n" );
document.write( "the y-intercept,b, is 9, and so the y-intercept is the point (0,9).\r\n" );
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