document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=148143>Question 148143</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I don't understand slope and m x +b and all that... how do you solve it because i have the TAkZ test comiN up on wedsnday! PLz </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #108558 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=108558\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Do you want graph a linear equation? Let's say that you want to graph <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=%281%2F2%29x-3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=%281%2F2%29x-3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Looking at <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=%281%2F2%29x-3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=%281%2F2%29x-3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > we can see that the equation is in slope-intercept form <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=mx%2Bb ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=mx%2Bb\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > where the slope is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m=1%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m=1%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and the y-intercept is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b=-3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b=-3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b=-3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b=-3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > this tells us that the y-intercept is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \left(0,-3\right)\">.Remember the y-intercept is the point where the graph intersects with the y-axis\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So we have one point <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \left(0,-3\right)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now since the slope is comprised of the \"rise\" over the \"run\" this means\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Also, because the slope is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, this means:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "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\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So starting at <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \left(0,-3\right)\">, go up 1 unit \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and to the right 2 units to get to the next point <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \left(2,-2\right)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now draw a line through these points to graph <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=%281%2F2%29x-3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=%281%2F2%29x-3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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