document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=625616>Question 625616</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find the equation of straight line in the standard form.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "gradient = -3 ,, graph passing through (5,1) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "gradient = -3 ,, graph passing through (5,1)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "gradient is the slope<BR>\n" );
document.write( "standard form is: Ax + By = C<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Plug the given info into the \"point-slope\" form:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y - y1 = m(x - x1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y - 1 = -3(x - 5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y - 1 = -3x + 15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -3x + 16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x + y = 16 (this is what they're looking for)\r<BR>\n" );
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