document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=229809>Question 229809</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find the equation slope is -5 passing through (5,4) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the point-slope 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 = m(x - x_1) \">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE m\"> is the given slope and  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \left(x_1,y_1\right)\"> are the coordinates of the given point.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note however you cannot find THE equation which solution set is the set of ordered pairs having a given slope and passing through a given point.  That is because for any given slope and given point, there are an infinite number of equations that describe the same line.  What the above will give you is AN equation that describes the line which you seek. \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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