document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1064634>Question 1064634</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the equation of the line using the given information.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The slope is 3/8 and it passes through the point (x, y) = (1, 4).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the equation of the line using the point-slope formula. Write the final equation using the slope-intercept form. the x-intercept is 1, and (x, y)  (-2,3) is a point on the line<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-int is (1,0), a 2nd point.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Slope m = diffy/diffx = 3/-3 = -1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y-y1 = m*(x-x1) where (x1,y1) is either point.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-0 = -1*(x-1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -x + 1 </SPAN>\n" );
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