document.write( "Question 1166656: Write the equation of the line through the points (-12, 14) and (6, -1) in POINT-SLOPE FORM \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #791156 by Edwin McCravy(20060)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "Instead of doing your problem for you, I'll do one exactly in every detail like\r\n" );
document.write( "yours.  Use it as a model for your problem. The problem I will do is this:\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "find the equation of the line that passes through the point (-14,15) and
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document.write( "First we find the slope m using the slope-formula:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"m=%28y%5B2%5D-y%5B1%5D%29%2F%28x%5B2%5D-x%5B1%5D%29\" \r\n" );
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document.write( "\"m=%28%28-3%29-%2815%29%29%2F%28%287%29-%28-14%29%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"m=%28-3-15%29%2F%287%2B14%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"m=%28-18%29%2F%2821%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%7B%7B%7Bm=-6%2F7\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute (x1,y1) = (-14,15) and m = -6/7 into\r\n" );
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document.write( "y - y1 = m(x - x1)\r\n" );
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document.write( "y - (15) = (-6/7)(x - (-14))\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"y+-+15+=+expr%28-6%2F7%29%28x+%2B+14%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's it in point-slope form.  \r\n" );
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document.write( "If they had said to write your answer in slope-intercept \r\n" );
document.write( "form you would have had to take it further to the form y=mx+b:\r\n" );
document.write( " y-15=(-6/7)x-12\r\n" );
document.write( " y=(-6/7)x+3\r\n" );
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