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document.write( "Equation of a line: y=mx+b, m=slope, b=y-intercept<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=2x+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solving for b using coordinates of given point on line (14,3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3=2*14+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=-28+3=-25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For answer to be 8, coordinates of given point should be (3,14) instead of (14,3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "14=2*3+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=14-6=8 </SPAN>\n" );
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