document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=427238>Question 427238</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> graph by using slope and y-intercept. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+y=-5 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "2x + y = -5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Slope-intercept form is y = mx + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m is the slope<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b is the y-intercept\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x + y = -5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -2x - 5 {got in slope-intercept form}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope = -2 or -2/1 {rise over run}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-intercept = -5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To graph:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "- put a point on -5 on the y-axis, that is the y-intercept<BR>\n" );
document.write( "- from there, go down 2 and to the right 1 and put another point, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "since the slope is -2/1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "- draw a line through the two points<BR>\n" );
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