document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=983616>Question 983616</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need help with this problem. If the ordered pairs (-3,y) and (x,2) what is the given equation for x and y<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #604393 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39630)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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=604393\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> See \"ANOTHER IDEA\", below.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Point-Slope Equation Form might be easiest to use.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Try slope-intercept form instead.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=mx+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=y-mx<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This will not be a line;  NOT be a line!!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What you do with the two given points depends on what kind of equation and graph shape you expect, and maybe more than just those two ordered pairs.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<b>Another idea:</b><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Each of your given points represents a line ---- EACH of the given points.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-3,y)  is the line  x=-3.  All real values for y are included.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x,2)  is the line  y=2.  All real values for x are included.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "These are two separate lines. </SPAN>\n" );
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