document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=988382>Question 988382</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> plot the points.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f(x) = -3/5x + 28/5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For the rise and run plot, I got (-5,8) but the book had (-4,8). I don't think my answer is wrong because I counted off from 5 at the y-axis 3 units up, and run 5 units to the left which gave me (-5,8). Is the answer from the book a typo or am I wrong? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You say you started at the point (0,5).  Why did you start there?  The <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\">-intercept is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \left(0,\frac{28}{5}\right)\">, which is to say <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large (0,5.6)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The point (-5,8) is NOT on your line.  You know that because  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large f(-5)\ =\ -\frac{3}{5}(-5)\ +\ \frac{28}{5}\ \not{=}\ 8\">.  I'll leave it to you to verify the arithmetic.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "On the other hand, (-4,8) IS on the line.  Again, I'll leave the arithmetic to you.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rather than start at the intercept, the person who came up with the textbook solution began at the nearest point to the <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\">-intercept that had integer coordinates, specifically the point (1,5).  I think if you go up 3, left 5 from that point you will find yourself at (-4,8).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it\r<BR>\n" );
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