document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=585208>Question 585208</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find an equation  of the line  containing the given point  and  having  the  given  slope\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(-5,0) m=3 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(-5,0) m=3<BR>\n" );
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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( "For given line:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=3x+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solving for b using coordinates of given point (-5,0)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0=3*-5+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "equation: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=3x+15 </SPAN>\n" );
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