document.write( "Question 222379: Graph the equation using the slope and the y-intercept.\r
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In order to graph \"y=%289%2F7%29%2Ax%2B5\" we only need to plug in two points to draw the line
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\n" ); document.write( " So lets plug in some points
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\n" ); document.write( " Plug in x=-7
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=%289%2F7%29%2A%28-7%29%2B5\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=-63%2F7%2B5\" Multiply
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=-28%2F7\" Add
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=-4\" Reduce
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\n" ); document.write( " So here's one point (-7,-4)
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\n" ); document.write( " Now lets find another point
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=%289%2F7%29%2A%280%29%2B5\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=0%2F7%2B5\" Multiply
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=35%2F7\" Add
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=5\" Reduce
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\n" ); document.write( " So here's another point (0,5). Add this to our graph
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\n" ); document.write( " Now draw a line through these points
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\n" ); document.write( " So this is the graph of \"y=%289%2F7%29%2Ax%2B5\" through the points (-7,-4) and (0,5)
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\n" ); document.write( " So from the graph we can see that the slope is \"9%2F7\" (which tells us that in order to go from point to point we have to start at one point and go up 9 units and to the right 7 units to get to the next point) the y-intercept is (0,\"5\")and the x-intercept is (\"-3.88888888888889\",0) ,or (\"-35%2F9\",0)
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\n" ); document.write( " We could graph this equation another way. Since \"b=5\" this tells us that the y-intercept (the point where the graph intersects with the y-axis) is (0,\"5\").
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\n" ); document.write( " So we have one point (0,\"5\")
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\n" ); document.write( " Now since the slope is \"9%2F7\", this means that in order to go from point to point we can use the slope to do so. So starting at (0,\"5\"), we can go up 9 units
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\n" ); document.write( " and to the right 7 units to get to our next point
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\n" ); document.write( " Now draw a line through those points to graph \"y=%289%2F7%29%2Ax%2B5\"
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\n" ); document.write( " So this is the graph of \"y=%289%2F7%29%2Ax%2B5\" through the points (0,5) and (7,14)
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