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document.write( "I need a step-by-step explanation of how to figure out which graph would answer this function. y=-2x+3 . My mathbook (Teaching Textbooks) gives me 5 different graphs and asks me to pick which one answers to the function. These are the five different graphs.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=2x+3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A. (2,-5), (1,-1), (0,3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. (-3,-3), (-2,-1), (-1,-1), (0,3), (1,5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C. (3,-3), (2,-1), (1,1), (0,3), (-1,5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D. (2,-5), (1,-2), (0,1), (-1,4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "E. (1,-5), (0,-3), (-1,-1), (-2,1), (-3,3), (-4,5)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You take the x coordinate of each of the ordered pairs, substitute that value for x in the function, and do the arithmetic.  If the result is the given y coordinate, then the point is on the graph of the function, otherwise not.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hint:  In any given set of ordered pairs, you only have to find one that doesn't make a true statement when you substitute the coordinates.  Fortunately, the first point of all of the incorrect choices makes a false statement when substituted.  But you still have to try all 5 first points because you really have no assurance that there is only one correct answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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