document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=92469>Question 92469</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0534465390/algebrahomeworkh>Finite Mathematics</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The line 6x + 9y=8 has slope of. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<TR><TD  ALIGN=LEFT>Convert from standard form (Ax+By = C) to slope-intercept form (y = mx+b)<br><br><br><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6x%2B9y=8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6x%2B9y=8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Start with the given equation<br><br><br><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6x%2B9y-6x=8-6x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6x%2B9y-6x=8-6x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Subtract 6x from both sides<br><br><br><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=9y=-6x%2B8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"9y=-6x%2B8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Simplify<br><br><br><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%289y%29%2F%289%29=%28-6x%2B8%29%2F%289%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%289y%29%2F%289%29=%28-6x%2B8%29%2F%289%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Divide both sides by 9 to isolate y<br><br><br><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+=+%28-6x%29%2F%289%29%2B%288%29%2F%289%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+=+%28-6x%29%2F%289%29%2B%288%29%2F%289%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Break up the fraction on the right hand side<br><br><br><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+=+%28-2%2F3%29x%2B8%2F9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+=+%28-2%2F3%29x%2B8%2F9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Reduce and simplify<br><br><br>The original equation <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6x%2B9y=8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6x%2B9y=8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (standard form) is equivalent to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+=+%28-2%2F3%29x%2B8%2F9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+=+%28-2%2F3%29x%2B8%2F9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (slope-intercept form)<br><br><br>The equation <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+=+%28-2%2F3%29x%2B8%2F9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+=+%28-2%2F3%29x%2B8%2F9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is in the form <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=mx%2Bb ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=mx%2Bb\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m=-2%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m=-2%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is the slope and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b=8%2F9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b=8%2F9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is the y intercept.<br><br><br></TD></TR>\n" );
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