document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=222227>Question 222227</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> we need to come up with an equation based on a set of coordinates. The \"x\" coordinates are: 0,1,2,3,100. All the y coordinates are 3. How do we solve this? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Pick any two of the points given.  Let's use (0,3) and (3,3).  Let's calculate the slope of the line:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ m = \frac{y_1 - y_2}{x_1 - x_2} \">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ m = \frac{3 - 3}{0 - 3}\ =\ 0\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Notice that no matter which pair of points you select, you will have a numerator of zero in the slope fraction, hence the slope is zero.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The line intersects the <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\">-axis at (0,3), hence the <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\">-intercept is 3.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now we can use the slope-intercept form of the equation of a line to write the equation:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ y\ =\ mx\ +\ b\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ y\ =\ 0x\ +\ 3\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "or more simply:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ y\ =\ 3\">\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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