document.write( "Question 512290: graph the line passing through the given point and having the given slope through (0,4)m=1/6 \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "First we plot (0,4) which is the line's y-intecept\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then we take the numerator of the slope m = 1/6, which is 1, \r\n" );
document.write( "and since the slope m =\"1%2F6\" is positive we draw a\r\n" );
document.write( "line vertically upward from that y-intercept (0,4), like\r\n" );
document.write( "the green one below:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then we take the denominator of the slope m, which is 6, \r\n" );
document.write( "and we draw a line horizontally rightward from the end of that green\r\n" );
document.write( "like the red one below:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Next we take a ruler and draw a line through the y-intercept and\r\n" );
document.write( "the end of that red line:\r\n" );
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