document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1204106>Question 1204106</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A line has a slope of -2/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and passes through the point (9, 0). Write its equation in slope-<BR>\n" );
document.write( "intercept form.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Write your answer using integers, proper fractions, and improper fractions in simplest form. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You should understand how to use formal algebra to find the answer, as the other tutors did.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "But you can get a better understanding of the topic by working the problem informally.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "You are given that the slope is -2/3, so to write the equation in slope-intercept form you only need to find the y-intercept.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The given point is (9,0).  To get from there to the y-axis, you need to move 9 units to the left.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "With a slope of -2/3, in moving 9 units to the left you will move 6 units (2/3 of 9) up -- so the y value where you end up is +6 from the y value where you started, which was 0.  So the y value where you end up -- which is the y-intercept -- is 0+6 = 6.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then you have both the slope -2/3 and the y-intercept 6; the equation is<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: y = (-2/3)x+6<br><BR>\n" );
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