document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=480664>Question 480664</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> slope = -8; (-2, -2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Write in standard form an equation of the line passing through the given point with the given slope. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Write in standard form an equation of the line passing through the given point with the given slope<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Standard form of equation for a straight line: y=mx+b, m=slope, b=y-intercept<BR>\n" );
document.write( "for given equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-8x+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solving for b using given point.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2=-8(-2)+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2=16+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=-18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-8x-18 </SPAN>\n" );
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