document.write( "Question 197445: Please show me step by step to graph
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\n" ); document.write( "3x+2y=6
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Algebra.Com's Answer #148057 by jim_thompson5910(35256)\"\" \"About 
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3x%2B2y=6\" Start with the given equation.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2y=6-3x\" Subtract \"3x\" from both sides.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2y=-3x%2B6\" Rearrange the terms.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=%28-3x%2B6%29%2F%282%29\" Divide both sides by \"2\" to isolate y.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=%28%28-3%29%2F%282%29%29x%2B%286%29%2F%282%29\" Break up the fraction.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=-%283%2F2%29x%2B3\" Reduce.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Looking at \"y=-%283%2F2%29x%2B3\" we can see that the equation is in slope-intercept form \"y=mx%2Bb\" where the slope is \"m=-3%2F2\" and the y-intercept is \"b=3\" \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since \"b=3\" 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( "\"rise%2Frun=-3%2F2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "which shows us that the rise is -3 and the run is 2. This means that to go from point to point, we can go down 3 and over 2\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So starting at , go down 3 units \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "and to the right 2 units to get to the next point \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now draw a line through these points to graph \"y=-%283%2F2%29x%2B3\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " So this is the graph of \"y=-%283%2F2%29x%2B3\" through the points and
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