document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=25236>Question 25236</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> We are trying to understand how to coordinate and graph the following problem.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16. y = -x + 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    y = x + 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The examples given in the book are not clear to me. It ask to estimate the solution of the linear system graphically. Then check the solution algebraically. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y = x + 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "They are already in slope-intercept form, so you would plot these lines on a graph, they are going to be perpendicular lines becuase therie slopes are opposite reciprocals(-1 and 1).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "After you graph these the point of intersection should be able to solve both equations, if it does you are correct.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "eq.1;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope=<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-1%2F1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-1%2F1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-intercept= 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "eq.2;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-intercept= 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=graph+%28300%2C300%2C+-3%2C3%2C-3%2C5%2C+-x%2B3%2C+x%2B1%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"graph+%28300%2C300%2C+-3%2C3%2C-3%2C5%2C+-x%2B3%2C+x%2B1%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hope you understand<BR>\n" );
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