document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=642598>Question 642598</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do I solve and graph the following problem?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x+2y=9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I began by inserting a zero to each of the axis:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x+2(0)=9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=2 1/4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4(0)+2y=9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=8 1/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Am I correct in the method I chosed?  thank you. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "4x+2y=9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I began by inserting a zero to each of the axis:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x+2(0)=9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=2 1/4\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "4(0)+2y=9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=8 1/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Am I correct in the method I chosed?  thank you.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "At y = 0, x = 9/4 (mixed numbers don't work well)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That's the x-intercept (9/4,0)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "At y = 0, x = 17/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That's the y-intercept (0,17/2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You can plot those 2 points and draw a line thru them for the graph.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1 eqn and 2 variables has no unique solution.  Every point on the line you draw is a solution.<BR>\n" );
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