document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=207179>Question 207179</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0618920110/algebrahomeworkh>Georgia High School Mathematics</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the value of x or y so that the line passing through the two points has the given slope.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(-2,8),(x,4); m=4/5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please help me out, I just cannot seem figure out how to solve this\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Any help would be appreciated<BR>\n" );
document.write( "thank you very much </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #156628 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mickclns><B>mickclns(59)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-08.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mickclns><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=156628\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> slope is rise over run, that is, (change in y) / (change in x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In this case change in y doesn't have to be 4 and change in x doesn't have to be 5, just the ratio or fraction has to be the same.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In this case, going from the second point to the first (doesn't matter whether 1st to 2nd or 2nd to 1st, BUT it has to be the same direction for both x and y), rise over run is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%288-4%29%2F%28-2+-+x%29=4%2F5%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%288-4%29%2F%28-2+-+x%29=4%2F5%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  simplifying 8-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%2F%28-2+-+x%29=4%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%2F%28-2+-+x%29=4%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >   dividing both sides by 4 (makes equation less complicated and the numbers smaller)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F%28-2+-+x%29=1%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F%28-2+-+x%29=1%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >   cross multiplying or, equivalently, multiplying both sides by 5 and (-2-x)) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5=-2+-+x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5=-2+-+x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >   adding 2 to both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7+=+-x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7+=+-x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >   multiplying both sides by -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+-7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+-7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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