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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the slope-intercept form of the equation through point (2,13) and the slope is m=-1/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Form: y = mx + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You know m = 1/2, and you know y = 13 when x = 2; solve for \"b\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "13 = (1/2)*2 + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "13 = 1 + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 12<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = (1/2)x + 12<BR>\n" );
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