document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=946024>Question 946024</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> My daughter is needing help with Algebra. She is in the 8th Grade and in a Honors Algebra class.  The question she is stuck on is: Which equation models a line with the same y-intercept but half the slope of the line y=6-8x?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A. y=-4x+3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. y=6-4x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C. y=3-8x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D. y=-16x+6 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #577094 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=577094\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%22B+.%22 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%22B+.%22\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=6-4x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=6-4x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The equation for a line that is not a \"vertical line\" is often given in the form<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=m%2Ax%2Bb ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=m%2Ax%2Bb\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > are constants.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That form of the equation is called the slope-intercept form<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=6-8x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=6-8x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is equivalent to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=-8x%2B6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=-8x%2B6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><--><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=%28-8%29x%2B6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=%28-8%29x%2B6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > , which is written in the traditional slope-intercept form.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Slope is the number <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > multiplied times <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In the case of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=6-8x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=6-8x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > the number is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Half of that is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%281%2F2%29%2A%28-8%29=-4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%281%2F2%29%2A%28-8%29=-4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The other term, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is the y-intercept.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The slope-intercept form for a line with the same y-intercept but half the slope of the line <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=6-8x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=6-8x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=%28-4%29x%2B6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=%28-4%29x%2B6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > , which is equivalent to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=6-4x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=6-4x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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