Line Cannot Contain a Point
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January 18, 2009
Problem Statement
If and are real numbers and , then the line whose equation is y \equal{} mx \plus{} b cannot contain the point
(A)\ (0,1997)\qquad
(B)\ (0,\minus{}1997)\qquad
(C)\ (19,97)\qquad
(D)\ (19,\minus{}97)\qquad
(E)\ (1997,0)