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document.write( "Find the slope of the line through each pair of points:
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document.write( "(-2,-8) 
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document.write( " (1,4) m = -12/-3 = 4
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document.write( " y = 4x + b    ||Using Pt(1,4) to solve for b
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document.write( " 4 = 4*1 + b 
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document.write( " 0 = b
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document.write( " y = 4x    OR in Standard form:  4x -y = 0 \n" );
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