document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=783011>Question 783011</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> i have to write an equation in point-slope form for the line with the given slope that contains the given point . \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Slope= 1/5; (2, -6) . \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I'm in the 8th grade, and in Algebra 1, but i still dont quite get how to do the point slope formula and i'm too afraid to ask him beacause he makes me feel like an idiot..  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #476617 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Alan3354><B>Alan3354(69443)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Alan3354><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Alan3354><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=476617\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> write an equation in point-slope form for the line with the given slope that contains the given point\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Slope= 1/5; (2,-6)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use y = mx + b and the point to find b, the y-intercept.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-6 = (1/5)*2 + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-30/5 = 2/5 + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = -32/5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = (2/5)x - 32/5 </SPAN>\n" );
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