document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1190294>Question 1190294</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 15x+18y≥125<BR>\n" );
document.write( "can you put that in slope-intercept form? because I don't know how to solve for y<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First you need to subtract 15x from both sides to undo the addition<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then divide both sides by 18 to undo the multiplication on y<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=18y%2F18+%3E=+%28-15x%2B125%29%2F18 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"18y%2F18+%3E=+%28-15x%2B125%29%2F18\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The entire time, the inequality sign stays the same. It only would flip if you multiplied or divided both sides by a negative number (which in this case didn't happen)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The inequality is now in slope intercept form<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It's of the form <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+%3E=+mx%2Bb ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+%3E=+mx%2Bb\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The boundary is <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;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "m = -5/6 is the slope<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 125/18 is the y intercept\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To graph this, you'll graph the boundary line <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+=+%28-5%2F6%29x%2B125%2F18 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+=+%28-5%2F6%29x%2B125%2F18\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. It's a solid boundary line and you'll shade above the boundary. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The solid boundary is due to the \"or equal to\" as part of the inequality sign.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Points on the boundary are part of the shaded solution set region.<BR>\n" );
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