document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=252803>Question 252803</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A line passes through the  origin and has a slope of  1/3. A point on the line is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(t, t+2). What is t? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "find the equation of the line by point slope\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=mx+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "plug in 1/3 for m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=x/3+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "plug in the x and y of the origin (0,0)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0=0+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "plug b back in the equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=x/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "substitute the point (t,t+2) for x and y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t+2=t/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3t+6=t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2t=-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t=-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t+2=-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the point is (-3,-1) </SPAN>\n" );
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