document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=64364>Question 64364</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/093979862x/algebrahomeworkh>An Incremental Development</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the equation of the line that passes through the points (-5,-2) and (4,-3)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "slope= [-2--3]/[-5-4]=-1/9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=mx+b where y=-3, x=4 , m=-1/9; solve for b as follows;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3 = (-1/9)4+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3=-4/9 + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=-27/9 + 4/9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=-23/9<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=(-1/9)x-(23/9)<BR>\n" );
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