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document.write( "solve the equation graghically \r\n" );
document.write( "3x+4=x-6 \r\n" );
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document.write( "Let y = the left side\r\n" );
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document.write( "    y = 3x+4\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let y = the right side\r\n" );
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document.write( "    y = x-6\r\n" );
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document.write( "So this gives us two equations to graph.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we graph them:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now to find the value of x, we draw a line\r\n" );
document.write( "straight up to the x-axis, and see where it\r\n" );
document.write( "hits the x-axis:\r\n" );
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document.write( "It hits the x-axis at x=-5. So that's the answer.\r\n" );
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document.write( "To do it on a TI-83 or TI-84\r\n" );
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document.write( "Press Y=\r\n" );
document.write( "After \Y1=  type 3X+4\r\n" );
document.write( "After \Y2=  type X-6\r\n" );
document.write( "Press Zoom\r\n" );
document.write( "Press 0   (See graph)\r\n" );
document.write( "Press 2nd TRACE\r\n" );
document.write( "Press 5\r\n" );
document.write( "Press ENTER \r\n" );
document.write( "Press ENTER\r\n" );
document.write( "Press ENTER\r\n" );
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document.write( "See at bottom of graph:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Intersection\r\n" );
document.write( "X=-5                Y=-11\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the answer is x=-5\r\n" );
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