document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=176707>Question 176707</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780073533490/algebrahomeworkh>Elementary and Intermediate Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write an equation for each line. Use slope-intercept form if<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8. Points are (0, 3) and (2, -1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10. Points are (0, -1) and (4, 1) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #131779 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><B>solver91311(24713)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><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=solver91311><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=131779\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Given two points, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \left(x_1,y_1\right)\"> and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \left(x_2,y_2\right)\">, you can write the equation of the line using the two-point form of the equation of a line:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+-+y%5B1%5D+=+%28%28y%5B1%5D+-+y%5B2%5D%29%2F%28x%5B1%5D+-+x%5B2%5D%29%29%28x+-+x%5B1%5D%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+-+y%5B1%5D+=+%28%28y%5B1%5D+-+y%5B2%5D%29%2F%28x%5B1%5D+-+x%5B2%5D%29%29%28x+-+x%5B1%5D%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  Just insert the values from the two ordered pairs and do the arithmetic.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Once you have simplified things, solve the equation for y (that is, manipulate the equation so that y is by itself on the left and everything else is on the right) to put the equation in slope-intercept form. </SPAN>\n" );
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