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document.write( "Solution by Edwin:
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document.write( "Write an equation in standard form with integar coefficients for the line with slope  going through point (-5,-5).
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document.write( "The equation of the line is __x _ __y=___
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document.write( "(Use integer coeffients for the equation. Make sure the coefficient of x is positve and the greatest common divisor of the coefficient is 1)
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document.write( "y-y1 = m(x-x1)\r\n" );
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document.write( "---(you missed a sign in this step unless\r\n" );
document.write( "you typed -5 and meant 5 in the original \r\n" );
document.write( "problem. Now you should not try to keep \r\n" );
document.write( "fractions, because they slow down your \r\n" );
document.write( "work. A good rule with few exceptions \r\n" );
document.write( "is: whenever you encounter fractions in\r\n" );
document.write( "an equation, clear of fractions. \r\n" );
document.write( "So...)---\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply both sides by  , written as\r\n" );
document.write( " on the left and as  on the\r\n" );
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document.write( "Distribute on the left and cancel 's on\r\n" );
document.write( "the right:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Distribute on the right:\r\n" );
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document.write( "You can get the final answer from there \r\n" );
document.write( "by either transposing or adding or \r\n" );
document.write( "subtracting the same thing to or from \r\n" );
document.write( "both sides. Your final answer after \r\n" );
document.write( "several steps will be:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin\r\n" );
document.write( "PS\r\n" );
document.write( "Your work came out all garbled as you can see\r\n" );
document.write( "below. To see how I typed in the above, right\r\n" );
document.write( "click then left click on \"View Source\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "But you don't have to do all that to make a\r\n" );
document.write( "fraction. You can make this way: \r\n" );
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document.write( " (3/17)\r\n" );
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document.write( "You don't have to put the numerator above and\r\n" );
document.write( "the denominator below. But you have to use\r\n" );
document.write( "a lot of parentheses to keep the problem from\r\n" );
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document.write( "MY WORK: y-y =m(x-x )
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document.write( " 1 1
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document.write( " y-5=3
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document.write( " _ (x-5)
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document.write( " 17
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document.write( " y=3
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document.write( " _ x-10
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document.write( " -__3
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document.write( " 17x+y=-__10
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