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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( "y=x/4+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "using given point (2,2) to solve for b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2=2/4+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=2-1/2=3/2=1.5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=x/4+1.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solve for x using given point (x,5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5=x/4+1.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20=x+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=14 </SPAN>\n" );
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