document.write( "Question 193200: need to graph and find y intercept\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #145040 by jim_thompson5910(35256)\"\" \"About 
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Looking at \"y=%281%2F5%29x\" we can see that the equation is in slope-intercept form \"y=mx%2Bb\" where the slope is \"m=1%2F5\" and the y-intercept is \"b=0\" note: \"y=%281%2F5%29x\" really looks like \"y=%281%2F5%29x%2B0\" \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since \"b=0\" this tells us that the y-intercept is .Remember the y-intercept is the point where the graph intersects with the y-axis\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now since the slope is comprised of the \"rise\" over the \"run\" this means\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "which shows us that the rise is 1 and the run is 5. This means that to go from point to point, we can go up 1 and over 5\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So starting at , go up 1 unit \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now draw a line through these points to graph \"y=%281%2F5%29x\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " So this is the graph of \"y=%281%2F5%29x\" through the points and
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