document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=257779>Question 257779</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Determine the equation of the line described. Put answer in the slope-intercept form, if possible.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Through ( 9, 1), perpendicular to x = -3  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "perpendicular would be horizontal with slope 0 and passing through (9,1) would be y=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This as close to y=mx+b as we get.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We could write y=0x+1 </SPAN>\n" );
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