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Algebra.Com's Answer #104119 by jim_thompson5910(35256)\"\" \"About 
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3x%2By=-4\" Start with the given equation\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=-4-3x\" Subtract \"3+x\" from both sides\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=-3x-4\" Rearrange the equation\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Looking at \"y=-3x-4\" we can see that the equation is in slope-intercept form \"y=mx%2Bb\" where the slope is \"m=-3\" and the y-intercept is \"b=-4\" \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since \"b=-4\" this tells us that the y-intercept is .Remember the y-intercept is the point where the graph intersects with the y-axis\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now since the slope is comprised of the \"rise\" over the \"run\" this means\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Also, because the slope is \"-3\", this means:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"rise%2Frun=-3%2F1\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "which shows us that the rise is -3 and the run is 1. This means that to go from point to point, we can go down 3 and over 1\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So starting at , go down 3 units \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "and to the right 1 unit to get to the next point \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now draw a line through these points to graph \"y=-3x-4\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " So this is the graph of \"y=-3x-4\" through the points and
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