document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=663858>Question 663858</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello out there.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I always have trouble with graphs, slopes, equations etc..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I am in need of help working through graphing a line for the equation 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 #412983 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=vleith><B>vleith(2983)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=vleith><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=412983\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> you need two points to draw line. This equation is in slope intercept form, so you could use the y intercept as one point (0,-2) and then use the slope to move to the next point.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For me, the easiest way to plot a line is to find the two easiest points I can find. For that, I simply plug in a 0 for one coordinate and then solve for the other one.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So set y=0 and solve for x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0+=+-3x-2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0+=+-3x-2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2=+-3x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2=+-3x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-2%2F3+=+x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-2%2F3+=+x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > so one point is (-2/3, 0)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now set x=0 and solve for y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+=+-3%2A0+-2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+=+-3%2A0+-2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+=+-2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+=+-2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (as we already knew from intercept<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The second point is (0,-2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Plot those two and draw the line connecting them </SPAN>\n" );
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