SOLUTION: i need help fast today is my last day to finish this!!!!!! i need linear graphs explained to me like as if im a 3 yaer old learning my numbers because i do not understand it one

Question 145842: i need help fast today is my last day to finish this!!!!!!
i need linear graphs explained to me like as if im a 3 yaer old learning my numbers because i do not understand it one bit
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Do you need an explanation on how to graph a linear equation?

Let's say you want to graph the equation

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 1 and the run is 2. This means that to go from point to point, we can go up 1 and over 2

So starting at

, go up 1 unit

and to the right 2 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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