document.write( "Question 369192: x+2y=8 Graph the equation using the slope and y-intercept.
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\"x%2B2y=8\" Start with the given equation.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2y=8-x\" Subtract \"x\" from both sides.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2y=-x%2B8\" Rearrange the terms.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=%28-x%2B8%29%2F%282%29\" Divide both sides by \"2\" to isolate y.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=%28%28-1%29%2F%282%29%29x%2B%288%29%2F%282%29\" Break up the fraction.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=-%281%2F2%29x%2B4\" Reduce.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Looking at \"y=-%281%2F2%29x%2B4\" we can see that the equation is in slope-intercept form \"y=mx%2Bb\" where the slope is \"m=-1%2F2\" and the y-intercept is \"b=4\" \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since \"b=4\" 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%2F2\", this means:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"rise%2Frun=-1%2F2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "which shows us that the rise is -1 and the run is 2. This means that to go from point to point, we can go down 1 and over 2\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 2 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%2F2%29x%2B4\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " So this is the graph of \"y=-%281%2F2%29x%2B4\" through the points and
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