document.write( "Question 468042: Write an equation, in slope-intercept form if possible, of the line through the pair of points.\r
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document.write( "Using the point-slope formula, 
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document.write( "(-7, 0) and 
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document.write( "(4, 2)  m = -2/-11 = 2/11
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document.write( "Using the standard slope-intercept form for an equation of a line y = mx + b  where m is the slope and b the y-intercept.  
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document.write( " y = (2/11)x + b   |Using ordered pair (4,2) to solve for b
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document.write( " 2 = (2/11)*4 + b
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document.write( "14/11 = b
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document.write( "    9/6 = 3/2 = b
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document.write( " y = (2/11)x + 14/11
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