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document.write( "Simply:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here's how you'd use it....\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Say you have two points, and you want to find the slope between them...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(6,2) & (3,7)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Well, I'd observe that x1 = 6, and x2 = 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I'd also take in that y1 = 2 and y2 = 7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Using the slope formula, we can find the slope between those two points\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The slope decreases 5 units and goes to the right 2 units\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope I helped </SPAN>\n" );
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