document.write( "Question 150559: I'm supposed to put the following formulas in y=mx+b form. Then I'm supposed to plot the Y intercept. Then to get the 2nd point I need to plot the rise and run of the two formulas. Last I need to give the point at which the two lines intersect. When I try these steps, it's not coming out right on my graph.\r
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document.write( "Plot the intersect points of the two equations
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document.write( "2x + y = 4
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document.write( "3x - 4y = 6
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document.write( "Answer in book is (2,0)
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document.write( "When I change the equations I get the following;
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document.write( "y = -2x/1 -4
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document.write( "y = 3/4x - 6/4 (I divided equation by -4 to get this solution)\r
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document.write( "Plot the intersect points of the two equations
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document.write( "x + 3y = -6
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document.write( "x - 3y = 0
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document.write( "Answer in book is (-3,-1)
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document.write( "When I change the equations I get the following;
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document.write( "y = -1/3x - 2 (I divided equation by 3 to get this solution)
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document.write( "y = 1/3x + 0 (I divided equation by -3 to get this solution)\r
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document.write( "Plot the intersect points of the two equations
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document.write( "3x - 2y = -6
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document.write( "-6x + 4y = 9
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document.write( "Answer in book is No solution
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document.write( "When I change the equations I get the following;
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document.write( "y = 3/2x + 3 (I divided equation by -2 to get this solution)
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document.write( "y = 3/2x + 9/4 (I divided equation by 4 to get this solution)\r
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document.write( "Plot the intersect points of the two equations
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document.write( "x + 2y = 4
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document.write( "-2x - 4y = -8
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document.write( "Answer in book is Infinite
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document.write( "When I change the equations I get the following;
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document.write( "y = -1/2x + 2 (I divided equation by 2 to get this solution)
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document.write( "y = 1/-2x + 2 (I divided equation by -4 to get this solution) \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #110520 by jim_thompson5910(35256)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! I'll do the first one to get you started\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "First let's graph the equation \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Looking at \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So we have one point \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now since the slope is comprised of the \"rise\" over the \"run\" this means\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Also, because the slope is \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "which shows us that the rise is -2 and the run is 1. This means that to go from point to point, we can go down 2 and over 1\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So starting at \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "and to the right 1 unit to get to the next point \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now draw a line through these points to graph \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "------------------------------------------------\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now let's graph the equation \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Looking at \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So we have one point \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now since the slope is comprised of the \"rise\" over the \"run\" this means\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Also, because the slope is \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "which shows us that the rise is 3 and the run is 4. This means that to go from point to point, we can go up 3 and over 4\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So starting at \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "and to the right 4 units to get to the next point \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now draw a line through these points to graph \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "======================================\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So together the two graphs look like \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "From the graph, we can see that the two lines intersect at the point (2,0). 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