document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1186979>Question 1186979</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the equation of the line having slope  −2  and  x -intercept of  5 .\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You may enter your equation in either the slope-intercept or point-slope form.  Make sure to enclose fractions in parentheses, for example: y = (9/2)*x+(5/2). </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #817930 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><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=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=817930\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> slope intercept form of the equation is y = mx + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m is the slope<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b is the y-intercept.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "with a slope of -2, the equation becomes y = -2 * x + b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you are given that the line has an x-intercept of 5.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the x-intercept is the value of x when the value of y is 0.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "that would be the coordinate point of (5,0).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "what this says is that one of the points on the line is at (5,0).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "with a slope of -2, this says that the value of y goes down 2 units when the value of x goes to the right 1 unit.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "that's because the slope is the change in the value of y divided by the corresponding change in the value of x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the slope of -2 assumes you are going from left to right on the graph.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "to get to the origin (the point 0,0), the x-value of the coordinate point of (5,0) must go to the left 5 units.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if the change in x is -5 units, then the change in y is -2 times that = 10.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you are going from (5,0) to (0,10).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the coordinate point of (0,10) is the y-intercept.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the y-intercept is the value of y when the value of x is 0.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the slope intercept form of the equation for the straight line becomes y = -2 * x + 10.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the slope is -2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the y-intercept is 10.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "here's what it looks like on a graph.\r<BR>\n" );
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