document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=177154>Question 177154</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Graph the line with slope -1/4 passing through the point (-3,-1). </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #132219 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=132219\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> First, plot the point (-3,-1)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the slope is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m=rise%2Frun=-1%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m=rise%2Frun=-1%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, this means that the rise is -1 and the run is 4. So to go from point to point, we can go down 1 and to the right 4 units.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Starting at the point (-3,-1), go down 1 unit (this is the \"rise\" portion):\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and to the right 4 units (this is the \"run\" portion) to get to the next point (1,-2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now draw a line through these points\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the graph of the line with slope <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-1%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-1%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > passing through the point (-3,-1) looks like\r<BR>\n" );
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