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document.write( "y = mx + b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = -2/5x + b (flip the fraction and the sign to go from 5/2 to -2/5)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5 = (-2/5)(2) + b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5 = -4/5 + b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5 + 4/5 = b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "25/5 + 4/5 = b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "29/5 = b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b = 29/5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m+=+-2%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m+=+-2%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b+=+29%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b+=+29%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which means the equation is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+=+%28-2%2F5%29x%2B29%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+=+%28-2%2F5%29x%2B29%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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