document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=610579>Question 610579</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do i graph linear equations? grahing is so difficult for me and I hate to see it when I'm doing trigenometry or something like that. Please teach me. how do you solve this question: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-2x+1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=x-5 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You need 2 points to determine the graph of a line.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let x = 0, then y = -2*0+1 ; so y = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Point (0,1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let x = 2, then y = -2*2+1 = -4+1 = -3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Point (2,-3)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Plot the 2 points and draw a line thru them to get:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=x-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let x = 0, then y = -5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Point (0,-5)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = 2, ten y = 2-5 = -3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Point (2,-3)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Plot the points and draw the graph thru them to get:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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