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document.write( "Change the equation to a slope-intercept form: \r\n" );
document.write( "8x-11y=5\r\n" );
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document.write( "Just solve the equation for y and end up with the form:\r\n" );
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document.write( "          y = mx + b\r\n" );
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document.write( "   8x - 11y = 5 \r\n" );
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document.write( "       -11y = -8x + 5\r\n" );
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document.write( "divide through every term by -11\r\n" );
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document.write( "    \"%28%28-11%29%2F%28-11%29%29y\" = \"%28%28-8%29%2F%28-11%29%29x\" + \"5%2F%28-11%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "          y = \"8%2F11\"x - \"5%2F11\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now compare that to\r\n" );
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document.write( "          y = mx + b\r\n" );
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document.write( "and you see that the slope m = \"8%2F11\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "and the y-intercept is the point (0,b) or, (0,\"-5%2F11\")\r\n" );
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