document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1002565>Question 1002565</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> y = -1.9 x + 59, where x represents the number of years\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. find the x intercept of this equation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. what does this x intercept mean? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">-intercept is the value of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> that makes the value of the function equal to zero.  Set <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\ =\ 0\"> and then solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">.\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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