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Write the point slope form of the equation of the
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document.write( "Let's plot the points (-3,5) and (-1,4), and draw a line\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now use the point-slope form:\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's the point slope form. But it can be simplified \r\n" );
document.write( "to the slope-intercept form y = mx+b\r\n" );
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