document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=49393>Question 49393</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Graph:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y \"is less than or equal to sign\" 2x-2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can you show me how one tutor got the points (0,-2) and (1,0) through the problem because that's the one part I really don't understand.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks again! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #32829 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Born2TeachMath><B>Born2TeachMath(20)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-06.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Born2TeachMath><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=32829\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Graph of y <= 2x - 2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The important part is to graph the line first.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Your tutor chose to use the intercept method, which means to find the two points where the line crosses the x- and y-axes.  To find the intercepts, a point is an intercept when the opposite point coordinate is zero. (Think - a point on the x-axis has a y-value of 0, and a point on the y-axis has an x-coordinate of 0!) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore: x-intercept (y = 0)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0 = 2x - 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 = 2x <BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 = x, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "so the first point is (1, 0)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-intercept: (x = 0)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 2(0) - 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 0 - 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so the second point is (0, -2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That is how the tutor found the two points to plot.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I wouldn't do it that way.  WIth the equation y = 2x - 2, this is in slope-intercept form. If you know about this, the 2 from the 2x is the slope, and the -2 is the y-intercept.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So to plot this line, start by plotting the y-intercept of -2, or a point on the y-axis 2 units below the origin.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then, FROM THERE (not the origin), we move the slope of 2/1 (change it into a fraction), so we move up two units and over one unit, which gives us the point (1, 0). Draw the line between these two, and then shade, etc... </SPAN>\n" );
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