document.write( "Question 320625: Graph x+3y=9 \n" ); document.write( "
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\"x%2B3y=9\" Start with the given equation.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3y=9-x\" Subtract \"x\" from both sides.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3y=-x%2B9\" Rearrange the terms.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=%28-x%2B9%29%2F%283%29\" Divide both sides by \"3\" to isolate y.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=%28%28-1%29%2F%283%29%29x%2B%289%29%2F%283%29\" Break up the fraction.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=-%281%2F3%29x%2B3\" Reduce.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Looking at \"y=-%281%2F3%29x%2B3\" we can see that the equation is in slope-intercept form \"y=mx%2Bb\" where the slope is \"m=-1%2F3\" 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( "Also, because the slope is \"-1%2F3\", this means:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"rise%2Frun=-1%2F3\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "which shows us that the rise is -1 and the run is 3. This means that to go from point to point, we can go down 1 and over 3\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( "and to the right 3 units to get to the next point \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now draw a line through these points to graph \"y=-%281%2F3%29x%2B3\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " So this is the graph of \"y=-%281%2F3%29x%2B3\" through the points and
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