document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=752996>Question 752996</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do you write the equation of a line?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(-2,5) slope=-3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "equation y-y1=m(x-x1) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y-y1 = -3(x-x1)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y-5 = -3(x-(-2))\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y-5 = -3(x+2) <--- equation in point slope form\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y-5 = -3x - 6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = -3x - 6 + 5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = -3x - 1 <--- equation in slope intercept form </SPAN>\n" );
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