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use the equation y=mx+b where m=slope and b=y-intercept
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document.write( "starting at point (0,1) and with the given slope(-5/4) the easiest way to find the otherpoints is to use this plot system where a/b=slope
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document.write( "(x+b,y+a)
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document.write( "(x+(4),y+(-5))
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document.write( "(0+(4),1+(-5))
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document.write( "(4,-4)
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document.write( "(x+b,y+a) repeat with the previous point
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document.write( "(x+(4),y+(-5))
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document.write( "(4+(4),-4+(-5))
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document.write( "(8,-9)
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document.write( "now you have 3 points to draw a line
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document.write( "if you cant remember how to use the slope to make your points then you will have to find points to make your line.
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document.write( "easiest way to draw the line is to make a chart of x-coordinates that will give u easy y-coordinates to graph. normally i would do {x=0,1} but since we are dealing with a fraction for the slope, i would want to use numbers that would cross cancel and leave whole numbers. I would use {x=4,-4}. i will use these numbers as they are easily divisiable by 4 which is the denominator of the slope. so lets find our y-cordinates:
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document.write( "we get these two pairs: and we know the line crosses y-axis at +1.
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document.write( "(4,-4)
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document.write( "(-4,6)
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document.write( "plot the points and draw your line
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document.write( "(-4,6),(0,1),(4,-4)
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document.write( "should look like a \"\\" line