document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=558013>Question 558013</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if your given 1/2 as your slope and 4 as your y-intercep, how would you graph that that in a line?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #362868 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><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=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=362868\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> your graph would look like this:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "slope intercept form of the equation for a straight line is y = mx + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m is the slope <BR>\n" );
document.write( "b is the y intercept.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m is equal to (1/2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b is equal to 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the equation of the line is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = (1/2)x + 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "when x = 0, the value of y is equal to 4.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that's your y intercept.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "for all values of x, you apply the equation to get the corresponding value of y.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "for the graph of a straight line equation, all you need is 2 points and you draw a straight line between them.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "use the y intercept as one of the points.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "use any other value of x that would result in an integer value of y (if possible) as your other point.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "in this equation, you have:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = (1/2)x + 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y will always be (1/2) times the value of x plus 4.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "when x is 1, the value of y will be 4 and 1/2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "when x is 2, the value of y will be 5.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "use any multiple of x = 2 and the value of y will be an integer.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "in this graph, 4 would be a good value for x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "when x = 4, y = (1/2)x + 4 becomes 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 points you can use are:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(0,4) and (4,6)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "draw a straight line between them and extend the line as far as you want in either direction and you have your graph.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "this assumes, of course, that you know how to set up the points on the graph paper.<BR>\n" );
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