document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=117979>Question 117979</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the equation, in slope-intercept form, of the line that passes through the \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "points (5,6) and (-7,3) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #86017 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><B>checkley71(8403)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=86017\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> FIRST WE FIND THE SLOPE:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3-6)/(-7-5)=-3/-12=1/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "NOW REPLACE THE X & Y TERMS BY ONE SET OF POINTS ALONG WITH THE SLPE & SOLVE FOR THE Y INTERCEPT(b).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6=1/4*5+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6=5/4+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=6-5/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=(24-5)/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=19/4 THE Y INTERCEPT.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "THUS WE HAVE THE LINE EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=X/4+19/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+graph%28+300%2C+200%2C+-20%2C+5%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+y+=+x%2F4+%2B19%2F4%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+graph%28+300%2C+200%2C+-20%2C+5%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+y+=+x%2F4+%2B19%2F4%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (graph 300x200 pixels, x from -20 to 5, y from -10 to 10, y = x/4 +19/4).  </SPAN>\n" );
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