document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=23394>Question 23394</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> When would you want to use the slope-intercept versus the point-slope form of a line? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #12190 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><B>rapaljer(4671)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=rapaljer><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=12190\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I would always use the slope-intercept method.  For decades it seems I taught to find the equation of a line using the point-slope formula.  I thought this was the #3 formula in all of mathematics, behind the quadratic formula and the Theorem of Pythagoras.  Then someone showed me that the slope intercept formula y = mx+b was so much easier!  So it probably depends upon who you ask!!\r<BR>\n" );
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