document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=90439>Question 90439</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0073016020/algebrahomeworkh>Beginning Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write the equation of the line passing through each of the given pairs of points.  Write your result in slope-intercept form, where possible.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "20. (-1,3) and (4,-2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I got y= -5/3 x -2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Am I close or way off?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "    Write the equation of the line passing through each of the given pairs of points. Write your result in slope-intercept form, where possible. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "20. (-1,3) and (4,-2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "     x1,y1 = -1,3    and x2,y2 = 4,-2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  eq'n is given by the formula y2-y1/y-y1 = x2-x1/x-x1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                              -2-3/y-3 = 4-(-1)/x-(-1)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                               -5/y-3 = 5/x+1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                               -5(x+1) = 5(y-3)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                                -1(x+1) = y-3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                                -x-1 -y+3 = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                                      -x-y+2 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                                         -y = x-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                                          y = -x+2  is the required eq'n in the slope  intercept form </SPAN>\n" );
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