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\"x%2By=3\" Start with the first equation.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=3-x\" Subtract \"x\" from both sides.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=-x%2B3\" Rearrange the terms.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Looking at \"y=-x%2B3\" we can see that the equation is in slope-intercept form \"y=mx%2Bb\" where the slope is \"m=-1\" 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=-1%2F1\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "which shows us that the rise is -1 and the run is 1. This means that to go from point to point, we can go down 1 and over 1\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So starting at , go down 1 unit \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now draw a line through these points to graph \"y=-x%2B3\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " So this is the graph of \"y=-x%2B3\" through the points and \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5x-y=-3\" Move onto the next equation.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"-y=-3-5x\" Subtract \"5x\" from both sides.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"-y=-5x-3\" Rearrange the terms.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=%28-5x-3%29%2F%28-1%29\" Divide both sides by \"-1\" to isolate y.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=%28%28-5%29%2F%28-1%29%29x%2B%28-3%29%2F%28-1%29\" Break up the fraction.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=5x%2B3\" Reduce.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Looking at \"y=5x%2B3\" we can see that the equation is in slope-intercept form \"y=mx%2Bb\" where the slope is \"m=5\" and the y-intercept is \"b=3\" \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "which shows us that the rise is 5 and the run is 1. This means that to go from point to point, we can go up 5 and over 1\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now draw a line through these points to graph \"y=5x%2B3\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " So this is the graph of \"y=5x%2B3\" through the points and \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If we plot the two equations on the same coordinate axis, we get:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Graph of \"y=-x%2B3\" (red) and \"y=5x%2B3\" (green)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "From the graph, we see that the two lines intersect at the point (0,3). \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the solution to the system\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"system%28x%2By=3%2C5x-y=-3%29\" is (0,3). In other words, \"x=0\" and \"y=3\" are solutions.
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