document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1129677>Question 1129677</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Show the approximate position in the coordinate plane of the graph of the function:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=–9 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Horizontal lines have a slope of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. Thus, in the slope-intercept equation<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+=+mx+%2B+b ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+=+mx+%2B+b\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, and if  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > the equation becomes <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+=+b ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+=+b\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is the y-coordinate of the y-intercept \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and graph looks like this:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+graph%28600%2C+600%2C+-15%2C+15%2C+-15%2C+15%2C+-9%2C-9%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+graph%28600%2C+600%2C+-15%2C+15%2C+-15%2C+15%2C+-9%2C-9%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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