document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=180187>Question 180187</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find the equation of the line that contains (-2, 8) and has a slope 1/2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "thanks a lot for helping me out! :) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The equation of a line containing a point <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large (x_1,y_1)\"> and having a slope, <i>m</i>, is given by:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y - y_1 = m(x - x_1)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Just plug in your coordinates and you have your equation.  You should probably manipulate the result so that your final answer is in either:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "slope-intercept form: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y = mx + b\"> or\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "standard form: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large Ax + By = C\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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