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document.write( "for m=7/8,(5,-5) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "for m=7/8,(5,-5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=7/8,(5,-5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Standard form for equation of a straight line: y=mx+b, m=slope, b=y-intercept<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For given problem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=7x/8+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solving for b using given point a (5,-5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-5=7*5/8+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-40=35+8b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8b=-75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=-75/8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Equation of line:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=7x/8-75/8 </SPAN>\n" );
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