document.write( "Question 454379: Find an eaution of the line containing the given pair of points.
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document.write( "First find the slope of the line  \r\n" );
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document.write( "    m =  =  =  = .\r\n" );
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document.write( "Notice that    is not -0.33,  as @mananth mistakenly states and uses.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Plug the value of the slope and the values of the coordinates (-7,-9) of the given point  \r\n" );
document.write( "in the point-slope equation of the line \r\n" );
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document.write( "    y = mx + b,\r\n" );
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document.write( "    -9 =  + b,\r\n" );
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document.write( "    b = -9 +  =  =  = -6.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, an equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    y =  - 6.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is the slope-intercept form equation.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Notice that it is absolutely different from that in the post by @mananth.\r\n" );
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