document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=973567>Question 973567</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A line with gradiant 2 passes through point A (-1,-3) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A,FIND THE EQUATION OF THE LINE ?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B,FIND THE COORDINATES OF THE POINTS WHERE THE LINE CUTS THE AXES?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A,FIND THE EQUATION OF THE LINE ?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B,FIND THE COORDINATES OF THE POINTS WHERE THE LINE CUTS THE AXES?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation of a line in slope intercept form: y=mx+b, m=slope, b=y-intercept<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A,Find equation of the line:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope of given line=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "equation: y=2x+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solve for b using coordinates of given point on the line (-1, -3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3=2*-1+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "equation: y=2x-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B,FIND THE COORDINATES OF THE POINTS WHERE THE LINE CUTS THE AXES?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You mean the x-axis as well as the y-axis, y-intercept and x-intercept\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y-intercept=-1 (found in equation of the line)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-intercept:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "set y=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x-1=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=1/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-intercept=1/2 </SPAN>\n" );
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