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With t being time in 2004 (year 0), and tuition in 2004 being $6,092, we get the point: (0, 6,092).  
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document.write( "With t being time (from 2004 to 2013), and tuition in 2013 being $9,992, we get the point: (9, 9,992).
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document.write( " <====== Applying the POINT-SLOPE form, substituting  
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document.write( " ------- Substituting C(t) for y, and t for x \n" );
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