document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=16411>Question 16411</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do I find the slope and the y-intercept of this equation?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=3/5x-7<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #7994 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><B>rapaljer(4671)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=rapaljer><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=7994\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The y-intercept is the point where the graph crosses the y-axis.  This is the point where x= 0.  When the equation is given in this form, if you let x=0, then the y-intercept is just the constant term, which is -7.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When the equation is written in this form, it turns out that the slope is the coefficient of x, which in this cse is 3/5.  The slope means the rise over the run, or vertical distance over the horizontal distance.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "These two items make graphing the line very easy.  Start by graphing the y intercept, by going down on the y-axis 7 units, and put a point.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Next, with your pencil on that y-intercept, move up a rise of 3, then move from that point right 5 units and put the second point.  Connect the two points, and you have your graph.  It should look like this:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "R^2 at SCC </SPAN>\n" );
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