document.write( "Question 1209096: The line below has a slope of \frac{2}{5}. Find the x-intercept.\r
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document.write( "Substitute in the point-slope formula for the equation of a line:\r\n" );
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document.write( "then simplify the equation.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then substitute y=0 in the equation and solve for x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the x-intercept will be (what you get for x, 0). \r\n" );
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