document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=750105>Question 750105</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> write an equation in slope-intercept form for the table of values:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "X   -3   -1   1   3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y   7    5   3    1 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "X   -3   -1   1   3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y   7    5   3    1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Pick 2 of the points<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1,3) & (3,1) will do<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Slope m = diffy/diffx<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = -2/2 = -1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use y = mx + b and any point to find b, the y-intercept<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3,1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 = (-1)*3 + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = -x + 4<BR>\n" );
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