document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=240459>Question 240459</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find an equation of the line passing through each pair of points (-6, 0) and (9, -8).Write the equation in the form Ax=By=C. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the slope, m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = diffy/diffx = 8/-15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = -8/15<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use y = mx + b to find b.  Use either point<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0 = (-8/15)*(-6) + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = -16/5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = (-8/15)x - 16/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x + 15y = - 48<BR>\n" );
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