document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=486444>Question 486444</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> f(x)=1/2x+5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Says to graph the linear function. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I keep graphing this but I just don't seem to be plotting it incorrectly. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Says to graph the linear function.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Standard form for an equation of a straight line:y=mx+b, m=slope, b=y-intercept<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Given equation is in standard form with slope 1/2 and y-intercept=5.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You already have one point on the line=5. All you need is a second point to draw the line.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "To find the second point, start from 5 on the y-axis then move up one unit and 2 units to the right or one unit down two units left (rise/run). As a check, you can plug in an x-value like 2 and see if y falls on the line you drew. </SPAN>\n" );
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