document.write( "Question 394758: Choose the equation in slope-intercept form for the line passing through each pair of points.
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document.write( "Using the point-slope formula,  to find slope
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document.write( "(2, –5)   m = 3  -(-5) /-1-2 = 8/-3  Slope m = -(8/3)
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document.write( "the standard slope-intercept form for an equation of a lineis: y = mx + b  
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document.write( "where m is the slope and b the y-intercept.  
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document.write( "y = -(8/3)x + b    | using ordered pair Pt(-1,3) to solve for b
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document.write( "3 = 8/3 + b
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document.write( "1/3 = b
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document.write( "y = -(8/3)x + 1/3
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document.write( "Note: as y increases/decreases by 8, x value changes by 3 in the opposite direction
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