document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=247016>Question 247016</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do I plot five points for each equation x - 2y = 6? I don't understand. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Start with either one of your equations.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<b>Step 1.</b>  Pick a value for <i>x</i>.  It can be anything you like, but 0, 1, or some other small integer usually works well and makes the arithmetic easier.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<b>Step 2.</b>  Substitute that value in place of <i>x</i> in your equation.  Do the arithmetic and determine the value of <i>y</i> that results.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<b>Step 3.</b>  Take the value of <i>x</i> that you selected for step 1 and the value of <i>y</i> that you calculated in step 2 and form an ordered pair (<i>x</i>,<i>y</i>).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<b>Step 4.</b>  Plot the ordered pair from Step 3 on your graph.  Remember that the <i>x</i> value is the distance right or left along the horizontal axis and the <i>y</i> value is the distance up or down along the vertical axis.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<b>Step 5.</b>  Repeat steps 1 through 4 four more times with a different value for <i>x</i> each time.  Check that the five points all lie in a straight line -- if not, you have made an arithmetic mistake somewhere.  Go back and check your work.  If so, go on to step 6.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<b>Step 6.</b>  Draw a line across your graph that passes through the five points that you plotted.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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