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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  Find the equation, in slope-intercept form, of the line that passes through the points (5,2) and (-7, 3).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "slope = m=[3-2]/[-7-5]=-1/12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Form of the equation you want is y=mx+b where m=-1/2,x=5,y=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2=(-1/2)(5)+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2=-(5/2)+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=9/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=(-1/2)x+9/2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H.\r<BR>\n" );
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