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document.write( "(3,-1)  m = 1/-2 = -1/2
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document.write( "***Using point-slope form, P(4,0)
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document.write( " y - 0 = (-1/2)(x - 4)
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document.write( "   y = (-1/2)x + 2
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document.write( "    x + 2y = 4
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