document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=398022>Question 398022</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do you this  problem so can graph it 2x+y=1 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #282027 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><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=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=282027\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> solving for y puts the equation into slope-intercept form ___ y = -2x + 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the line crosses the y-axis at (0,1) , the y-intercept\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the slope of the line is -2 ___ for every unit in the positive x direction (to the right)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "___ the line goes down 2 units in the negative y direction\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "when the line goes in the negative x direction (to the left), it also goes up in the positive y direction </SPAN>\n" );
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