SOLUTION: graph: y=2/3x-1

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Question 235238: graph: y=2/3x-1
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, cutecherry:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(13794) About Me  (Show Source):
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Looking at we can see that the equation is in slope-intercept form where the slope is and the y-intercept is


Since this tells us that the y-intercept is .Remember the y-intercept is the point where the graph intersects with the y-axis

So we have one point




Now since the slope is comprised of the "rise" over the "run" this means


Also, because the slope is , this means:




which shows us that the rise is 2 and the run is 3. This means that to go from point to point, we can go up 2 and over 3



So starting at , go up 2 units


and to the right 3 units to get to the next point



Now draw a line through these points to graph

So this is the graph of through the points and

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