document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=72839>Question 72839</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can someome help me with putting problems into point-slope form, slope-intercept form, parallel lines and perpendicular lines?  Thank you! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #52085 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley75><B>checkley75(3666)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley75><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=52085\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Y=mX+b IS THE POINT SLOPE FORMULA WHERE m=SLOPE & b=THE Y INTERCEPT.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "GIVEN A POINT (3,-4) & A SLOPE (m) OF -5 THEN SUBSTITUTING 3 FOR X & -4 FOR Y WE GET:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-4=-5*3+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-4=-15+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=-4+15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=11 WHICH IS THE Y INTERCEPT. NOW THE FORMULA IS: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=-4X+11\r<BR>\n" );
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