document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=398180>Question 398180</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find an equation of the line having the given slope and containing the given point. m=-2,(3,6) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Plug the given information into the \"point-slope\" form:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y - y1 = m(x - x1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y - 6 = -2(x - 3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y - 6 = -2x + 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -2x + 12  (this is what they're looking for: \"slope-intercept\" form)\r<BR>\n" );
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