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document.write( "Standard form for an equation of a straight line: y=mx+b, m=slope, b=y-intercept<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You have two points to work with:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "With x-intercept (3,0)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thru point (-7,6)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "m=&#8710;y/&#8710;x=(6-0)/(-7-3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=-6/10=-3/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-3x/5+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solving for b using coordinates of given point (-7,6)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6=(-3*-7)/5+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6=21/5+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30=21+5b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5b=9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=9/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-3x/5+9/5 </SPAN>\n" );
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