document.write( "Question 287769: hgow do i graph this problem y=3x+6
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Algebra.Com's Answer #208612 by jim_thompson5910(35256)\"\" \"About 
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Solved by pluggable solver: Graphing Linear Equations
In order to graph \"y=3%2Ax%2B6\" 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=-5
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=3%2A%28-5%29%2B6\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=-15%2B6\" Multiply
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=-9\" Add
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\n" ); document.write( " So here's one point (-5,-9)
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\n" ); document.write( " Now lets find another point
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=3%2A%28-4%29%2B6\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=-12%2B6\" Multiply
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=-6\" Add
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\n" ); document.write( " So here's another point (-4,-6). 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=3%2Ax%2B6\" through the points (-5,-9) and (-4,-6)
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\n" ); document.write( " So from the graph we can see that the slope is \"3%2F1\" (which tells us that in order to go from point to point we have to start at one point and go up 3 units and to the right 1 units to get to the next point) the y-intercept is (0,\"6\")and the x-intercept is (\"-2\",0)
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\n" ); document.write( " We could graph this equation another way. Since \"b=6\" this tells us that the y-intercept (the point where the graph intersects with the y-axis) is (0,\"6\").
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\n" ); document.write( " So we have one point (0,\"6\")
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\n" ); document.write( " Now since the slope is \"3%2F1\", this means that in order to go from point to point we can use the slope to do so. So starting at (0,\"6\"), we can go up 3 units
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\n" ); document.write( " and to the right 1 units to get to our next point
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\n" ); document.write( " Now draw a line through those points to graph \"y=3%2Ax%2B6\"
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\n" ); document.write( " So this is the graph of \"y=3%2Ax%2B6\" through the points (0,6) and (1,9)
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