document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=390955>Question 390955</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need help plotting coodinates. I cannot seem to figure out how to get the figures needed to graph.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #277334 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><B>solver91311(24713)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><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=solver91311><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=277334\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <font face=\"Garamond\" size=\"+2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Pick a value for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">.  It can be anything you like, but in general small integers make the arithmetic easier.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Replace <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> in the equation with the value you picked.  Then do the indicated arithmetic.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Create an ordered pair where the first number in the pair is the number you picked and the second number is the result of doing the arithmetic.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Plot the point.  Start at the origin and move right (if the first number of the ordered pair is positive) or left (if the first number of the ordered pair is negative) the number of units represented by the first number of the ordered pair.  Then move up (+) or down (-) the number of units indicated by the second number of the ordered pair.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Repeat all of the above steps using a different number to replace <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Once you have two points plotted, draw a straight line through them.  Done.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's choose 2 as our first value.  Then with the equation:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ y\ =\ 5x\ -\ 4\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We replace <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> with the number 2:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ y\ =\ 5(2)\ -\ 4\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Do the arithmetic:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ y\ =\ 10\ -\ 4\ =\ 6\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Create the ordered pair.  When <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\ =\ 2\">, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\ =\ 6\">, so the ordered pair is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ P_1\left(x_1,y_1\right)\ =\ \left(2,6\right)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Plot the point.  Starting at the origin, go two units to the right and 6 units up.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I'll let you take it from here.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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