document.write( "Question 135281: please help me with this problem:\r
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Slope-intercept form is $\"y=mx%2Bb\"$ where $\"m\"$ is the slope and $\"b\"$ is the y-coordinate of the y-intercept. The y-intercept is the point where the line intersects the y-axis. The x-coordinate of any point on the y-axis is 0, so the point (0,4) must be a point on the y-axis. That means that the point (0,4) IS the y-intercept for the desired equation, and the y-coordinate of this point is 4. You are given the slope number, i.e. 5, so you can write the equation directly simply by substituting the values for the slope and y-coordinate of the y-intercept into the equation $\"y=mx%2Bb\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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