document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=580657>Question 580657</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do I graph equations by using slope and y intercept?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ex.  y=3x+2 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #371330 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><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=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=371330\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the y-intercept gives you a starting point ___ this is the place where the line of the graph crosses the y-axis\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in the example, the intercept is 2 ___ so go to 2, ON the y-axis, and mark a point\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the slope of the graph is indicated by the x-coefficient in the equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "___ it is the RATIO of the CHANGE in the y-value, to the CHANGE in the x-value\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in the example, the slope is 3 ___ this means that for every three units that y increases, x increases by one unit\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "starting at the y-intercept (0,2), go up 3 units and to the right one unit, to (1,5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "___ do the same thing again to go to (2,8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "___ these are points of the linear graph </SPAN>\n" );
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