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document.write( "Find the slope of the line through each pair of points:
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document.write( "(-5,4) 
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document.write( "(-1,11)   m = -7/-4 = 7/4
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document.write( " y = (7/4)x + b    ||Using Pt(-1,11) to solve for b
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document.write( " 11 = (7/4)(-1) + b 
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document.write( "51/4 =  b 
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document.write( " 0 = b
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document.write( " y = (7/4)x + 51/4    OR in Standard form:  7x -4y = 51 \n" );
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