document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=319414>Question 319414</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do you explain to a person how to draw a graph </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #228741 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=228741\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Most people know what \"graph paper\" is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It's a paper filled with small squares.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Just pick any corner of a square somewhere<BR>\n" );
document.write( "near the middle of the page. Draw a horizontal<BR>\n" );
document.write( "line through the point.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Draw a vertical line through the same point.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A graph is a series of connected points.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Suppose you want to plot the point (3,5).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This says: \"go to the right from the point you<BR>\n" );
document.write( "picked 3 squares. Then go up from the point you picked<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5 squares. This is the point (3,5)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Suppose you want to plot the point (-3,-5).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This says: \"go to the left from the point you<BR>\n" );
document.write( "picked 3 squares. Then go down from the point you picked<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5 squares. This is the point (-3,-5)\r<BR>\n" );
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