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document.write( "1. The locus for #1 is the straight line passing through the point (x,y) = (2,-5) and having the slope :\r\n" );
document.write( "   y + 5 = .(x-2),    or    y = 0.75x -  - 5,   or   y = 0.75 - 6.5.\r\n" );
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document.write( "   Make a sketch. Draw the coordinate axes. Draw the line x = 2 and the line y = -5. Then draw your line.\r\n" );
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document.write( "2. Try to do it by analogy with the #1.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Comment from student: When i tried to do the second question, i could not achieve the answer. Can u show me step by step explanation??\r\n" );
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document.write( "OK, let's do it.\r\n" );
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document.write( "2. The locus for #2 is the straight line passing through the point (x,y) = (-3,-1) and having the slope :\r\n" );
document.write( "   y + 1 = .(x+3),    or    y = x +  - 1,   or   y = x + 6.5.\r\n" );
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document.write( "   Make a sketch. Draw the coordinate axes. Draw the line x =-3 and the line y = -1. Then draw your line. \r\n" );
document.write( "   Put the point P on the line. Then mark those distances dx and dy. Then think.\r\n" );
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