document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=201224>Question 201224</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can someone please help me:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write an equation in standard form for a line passing throught the pair of points.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-2,-9) and (-10, -9)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. -10x - 2y = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. y = -9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. -2x -10y = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d. x = -2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "In general you would use 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/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ y - y_1 = \left(\frac{y_1 - y_2}{x_1 - x_2}\right)(x - x_1) \">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "where <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)\"> are the coordinates of your given points.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "However, notice that the <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\">-coordinates of both of your given points are equal to -9.  That means that the <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\">-coordinate of every point on the line is equal to -9.  The answer be staring you in the face.\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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