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document.write( "Since you are given \"slope\" and a \"point\", you can plug it into the \"point-slope\" form of a line:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y - y1 = m(x - x1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y - (-1) = (6/7)(x - 4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y + 1 = (6/7)(x - 4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y + 1 = (6/7)x - (6/7)4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y + 1 = (6/7)x - 24/7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = (6/7)x - 24/7 - 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = (6/7)x - 24/7 - 7/7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = (6/7)x - 31/7 (answer in \"slope-intercept\" form)\r<BR>\n" );
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