document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=988813>Question 988813</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In the slope-intercept form, the equation consists of the slope and y-intercept.  The y-intercept is where the line intercepts the y-axis and the x-intercept is where the line intercepts the x-axis.  The ordered pair for the y-intercept is (0, b) and the ordered pair for the x-intercept is (a, 0). <BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.  How would you find the x- & y-intercept for an equation?  Explain.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.  Find the intercepts for the following equations:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "     a.  x + y = 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "     b.  2x - 3y = 18 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "To find the <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">-intercept, substitute zero for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\"> and then solve the equation for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\ =\ a\"> so that you can form the ordered pair, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large (a,0)\">.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To find the <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\">-intercept, substitute zero for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> and then solve the equation for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\ =\ b\"> so that you can form the ordered pair, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large (0,b)\">.\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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