document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=57629>Question 57629</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can someone help me draw this graph since I have to put it through the computer and not on paper?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  I need to do a straight-line graph.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  We start with a birthday gift check of $500 where we put in the bank as the first deposit and then add every month pocket money of $100 per month to it.  My balance B as a function of months elaspsed will be B= 500 + 100*N=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "after 2 months N=2.  B=500 + 2*100=700, etc<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you plot N on the x axis starting from N=0 to say 12 months and Bon Y axis it will be a straight line.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Could you draw the graph and show me the equation and how it would look.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " I am lost.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  Thanks, Sher </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #39344 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=phillv><B>phillv(13)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-06.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=phillv><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=39344\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Rewrite the equation in the forme of equation for a line:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=mX+b where m is the slope or stepeness of the line.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A positive slope indicates that the line will slant up and to the right.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=100X+500\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the Y intercept by setting x=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "When X=0, Y=500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The Y intercept is Y=500\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find X intercept when Y=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "When Y=0, 0=100X+500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-500=100X, X=-500/100, X=-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "When Y=0, X=-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The X intercept is X=-5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We now know that (0,500)and (-5,0)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "are two points of this line.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Plot the two points and draw the line.\r<BR>\n" );
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