document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=517230>Question 517230</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write and equation of the line that passes through each pair of points.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(-5/4,1) (-1/4,3/4) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(-5/4,1) (-1/4,3/4)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "slope = (3/4 - 1)/(-1/4 -(-5/4)) = (-1/4)/(1) = -1/4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Form: y = mx + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 = (-1/4)(-5/4) + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 = 5/16 + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 11/16<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = (-1/4)x + (11/16)<BR>\n" );
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