document.write( "Question 49997: write an equation for the line described: a line whose slope =3 and passes through the point (-2,7) \n" ); document.write( "
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write an equation for the line described: a line whose \r\n" );
document.write( "slope =3 and passes through the point (-2,7)\r\n" );
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document.write( "The point-slope formula\r\n" );
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document.write( "y - y1 = m[x - x1]\r\n" );
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document.write( "gives the equation of the line with slope = m which \r\n" );
document.write( "passes through the point (x1,y1)\r\n" );
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document.write( "So plug in 3 for m, -2 for x1, \r\n" );
document.write( "and 7 for y1:\r\n" );
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document.write( "y - 7 = 3[x - (-2)]\r\n" );
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document.write( "y - 7 = 3[x + 2]\r\n" );
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document.write( "y - 7 = 3x + 6\r\n" );
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document.write( "    y = 3x + 13\r\n" );
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