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document.write( "No, you are not close.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "slope = (8-2)/(12-4) = 6/8 = 3/4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Form is y = mx+b and you have m=3/4 and y = 2 when x = 4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2 = (3/4)*4 + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = -1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = (3/4)x - 1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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