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document.write( "Find the slope of the line:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=slope=[5-0]/[4--1]=5/5=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Pick one of the points, say (4,5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Substitute the x=4,y=5, and m=1 into the formula<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=mx+b; then solve for \"b\", as follows:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5=4*1+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The equation you want is y=x+1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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