document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=170838>Question 170838</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">    Leslie dives off a block at the edge of the pool. She enters the water 8 ft from the side of the pool. Leslie is 1 ft under water when she is 11 ft from the side of the pool. Write an equation that gives Leslie's depth, y, in terms of her distance from the side. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You have two points relating (distance from side, depth)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(8,0) and (11,-1) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope = (-1-0)/(11-8) = -1/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "intercept: 0 = -(1/3)8 + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 8/31<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "depth = (-1/3)distance  + 8/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = (-1/3)distance + 8/3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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