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document.write( "Standard form of equation for a straight linee: y=mx+b, m=slope and b=y-intercept.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+3y+6=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Rewrite in standard form:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3y=-2x-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-2x/3-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope m=-2/3<BR>\n" );
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