document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1166309>Question 1166309</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please can helpe me \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you know that there is a straight line that passes through the points (1.7) and the point (0.4), does this straight line pass through the point (2.9)?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "thaks </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Using the coordinates of the two given points, use the Two-Point form of an equation of a straight line to derive an equation representing the line that passes through the two given points.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When you have your equation, substitute the coordinate values in the questioned point for the variables x and y in the equation. Do the arithmetic. If you get a true statement, then the tested point is on the line.  Otherwise, not.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I > Ø<BR>\n" );
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