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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The three points (3,-5), (-a + 2,3), and (2a+3,2) lie on the same line. What is \"+a+\"?\r
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document.write( "If three points lie on the same straight lines then the slope between the second and the first points is the same \r\n" );
document.write( "   as the slope between the third and the second.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Write this condition. It will give you an equation for \"a\".\r\n" );
document.write( "Then solve it and find the value of \"a\".  \r\n" );
document.write( "It is linear equation. It is easy to solve it.\r\n" );
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