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document.write( "\"point-slope\" form of a line:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y - y1 = m(x - x1)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Plug in the information given from the problem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y - 2 = (1/2)(x - 4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y - 2 = (1/2)x - 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = (1/2)x (this is what they're looking for -- equation of line in \"slope-intercept\" form)\r<BR>\n" );
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