document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=63503>Question 63503</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0028248465/algebrahomeworkh></A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do I write this equation in standard form for a line that passes through these pair of points: (-3,-3),(4,5) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #44211 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><B>checkley71(8403)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=44211\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> FIRST WE FIND THE SLOPE (Y2-Y1)/(X2-X1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(5+3)/(4+3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8/7 IS THE SLOPE<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=mX+b IS THE LINE FORMULA,.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "SUBSTITUTING  ONE SET OF POINTS AND THE SLOPE WE THEN FIND THE Y INTERCEPT <BR>\n" );
document.write( "5=8/7*4+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5=32/7+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5-32/7=b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5-4 4/7=b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=3/7 THUS THE EQUATION IS<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=8/7X+3/7\r<BR>\n" );
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