document.write( "Question 535551: Find an equation of the line having the given slope and containg the given point.
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Whenever you're given a point and a slope, you find the equation of the line by:

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Step 1 plug the point's x and y coordinates, and the slope, into the general equation y=mx+b.

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "y=mx+b becomes -9=(2/3)2 + b ---> -9 = 4/3 +b (subtract 4/3 from both sides):

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "-9 - 4/3 = b ---> -(27/3) -(4/3) = b = -(31/3)

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Step 2 rewrite the general formula y=mx+b with the b found in step one, and the given slope (m).

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