document.write( "Question 1103703: At a video store, movie rentals are $4 and game rentals are $6.
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document.write( "So we draw the graph of 4x+6y = 240\r\n" );
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document.write( "If we let x be 0 then we can just put our finger over the x term,\r\n" );
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document.write( "                           6y = 240\r\n" );
document.write( "                            y = 40\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the y intercept is (0,40).\r\n" );
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document.write( "And we plot it and label it, like this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "                        4x+6y = 240\r\n" );
document.write( "If we let y be 0 then we can just put our finger over the y term,\r\n" );
document.write( "so that all we see is:\r\n" );
document.write( "                        4x    = 240\r\n" );
document.write( "                            x = 60\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the x intercept is (60,0).\r\n" );
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document.write( "And we plot it and label it like this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then we get a ruler and draw a line connecting them:\r\n" );
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document.write( "The x-intercept is when x, the number of movie rentals is 0, which\r\n" );
document.write( "is when there are no game rentals at all, and the $240 is made by\r\n" );
document.write( "renting only movies.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The y-intercept is when y, the number of game rentals is 0, which\r\n" );
document.write( "is when there are no movie rentals at all, and the $240 is made by\r\n" );
document.write( "renting only games.\r\n" );
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