document.write( "Question 1033047: what is the equation of a line with x intercept of 3 and a y intercept of -1
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Intercepts are points, NOT scalar values. Saying \"x-intercept of 3\" is as ridiculous as saying a banana is an elephant. If 3 is the x-coordinate of the x-intercept and -1 is the y-coordinate of the y-intercept, then you have two ordered pairs that are on the graph of your line, namely (3,0) and (0,-1).\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You also cannot find \"the\" equation of a line. For any given line there are infinite equations that represent that line. So, you can find \"an\" equation of a line, or the slope-intercept form of the equation of a line, or the standard form of the equation of a line, and so on.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If you are given two points use the Two-Point Form of an equation of a line:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "where and are the coordinates of the given points.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Plug in your coordinate values and do the indicated arithmetic. Then put it in whatever form you deem appropriate.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it\r
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