document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=515207>Question 515207</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> it said find an equation of the line having the given slope and containing the given point<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "m=4/5,(4,-6)y= </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "m=4/5,(4,-6)y=<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "standard form of an equation for a straight line: y=mx+b, m=slope, b=y-intercept<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For given problem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y =4x/5+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solve for b using coordinates of given point (4,-6)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-6=4*4/5+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-6=16/5+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-30=16+5b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5b=-46<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=-46/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=4x/5-46/5 </SPAN>\n" );
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