document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1164572>Question 1164572</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find an equation of the line having the given slope and containing the given point.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The equation of the line is y=?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the Point-Slope form of an equation of a line:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ y\,-\,y_1\ =\ m\(x\ -\ x_1)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large m\"> is the given slope and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large (x_1,y_1)\"> is the given point.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Insert the given data and then rearrange the equation into either <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\ =\ m(x\ -\ x_1)\ +\ y_1\"> or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\ =\ mx\ +\ b\"> form.  Note:  There is no such thing as \"the\" equation of a line, the best you can ever do is \"an\" equation of a line -- there are many ways to represent any given line.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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