document.write( "Question 459556: Write the equation of the line thathas a slope of - 3/4 and passes throught the point (12,-5) \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You can't do that. You cannot write the equation of a line. There are an infinite number of representations of any given line, hence the best you can do is write an equation of the desired line.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Use the point-slope form of an equation of a line:\r
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are the coordinates of the given point and

is the given slope.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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