SOLUTION: Solve the system y=x-1 by graphing? y=-4/3x-8

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Question 1071417: Solve the system y=x-1 by graphing?
y=-4/3x-8

Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Here's the graphs:

You can see the line with negative slope goes through
( -6, 0 ) and
( 0, -8 )
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The line with positive slope goes through
( 1, 0 ) and
( 0, -1 )
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All you need is 2 points to plot a line, so you are done
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Here's how to get ( -6, 0 )
Let




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Just follow this method



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