document.write( "Question 455657: Using the Point-Slope form to write equations
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "        From the post by @mananth, it is clear that he simply does not know \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "        what a \"Point-Slope form\" is. Therefore, his solution and his answer are irrelevant,\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "        non-adequate and incorrect.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "        I came to bring a correct solution.\r
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document.write( "When the slope 'm' and coordinates of a point are given (a,b), the Point-Slope form equation\r\n" );
document.write( "of a line with the given slope 'm' passing through point (a,b) is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    y - b = m(x - a).    <<<---=== by the  D E F I N I T I O N \r\n" );
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document.write( "So, in this given problem, the required equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    y - (-6) = ,\r\n" );
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document.write( "or, equivalently,\r\n" );
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document.write( "    y + 6 = 0.75*(x-2).     ANSWER\r\n" );
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