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document.write( "slope = (-3--7)/-9--2) = 4/-7 = -4/7<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You have y = -7 when x = -3 and m = -4/7<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Form: y = mx + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Substitute and solve for \"b\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-7 = (-4/7)(-3) + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-7 = (12/7) + b<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-49/7 = 12/7 + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = -61/7<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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