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\n" ); document.write( ": find the value of k so that the line through the given point has slope m.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I've got 3=(|k|-k)/(5-1) \n" ); document.write( "
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find the value of k so that the line through the given point has slope m.
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\n" ); document.write( "I've got 3=(|k|-k)/(5-1)
\n" ); document.write( "3 = [|k|-k] / 4
\n" ); document.write( "|k|-k = 12
\n" ); document.write( "|k| = k+12
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\n" ); document.write( "Therefore:
\n" ); document.write( "k = k+12 or k = -(k+12)
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\n" ); document.write( "k= k+12 is meaningless so no solutions there:
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\n" ); document.write( "k = -k-12
\n" ); document.write( "2k = -12
\n" ); document.write( "k = -6
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\n" ); document.write( "Checking:
\n" ); document.write( "If k = -6 the original equation becomes
\n" ); document.write( "[|-6]-(-6)]/(5-1) = 3
\n" ); document.write( "12/4 = 3
\n" ); document.write( "3 = 3
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\n" ); document.write( "Solution: k = -6
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