document.write( "Question 814094: Write the slope-intercept form of the line that passes through (1,5) and (2,8). Complete the equation of the line in slope-intercept form.\r
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FIND SLOPE, m.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "FIND VERTICAL AXIS INTERCEPT, b.
\n" ); document.write( "General form, same as slope-intercept form, \"y=mx%2Bb\",
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\n" ); document.write( "referring to y=mx+b, using the now found values,
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