document.write( "Question 825689: Graph a line with the indicated slope and y-intercept.
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document.write( "slope=2/7 and y-intercept (0,6) \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #497513 by Edwin McCravy(20055)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! The slope is \n" ); document.write( "and the denominator of the slope, 7, is the \"run\". So we begin on \n" ); document.write( "the y-axis at the y-intercept which has coordinates (0,6).\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "From that point, we draw the rise of 2, which means we draw the \n" ); document.write( "green vertical line 2 units upward from that y-intercept:\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "That's the \"rise\" of 2. Now from the end of that rise, we draw the \n" ); document.write( "\"run\" of 7, which is this green horizontal line going to the right \n" ); document.write( "from the end-point of the \"rise\". Put a dot at the end of the \"run\":\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "We connect the two dots and that's the graph of the line.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You will soon learn if you haven't already, that the algebraic equation \n" ); document.write( "of that line is \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The coefficient of x is the slope and the number added \n" ); document.write( "to it is the y-coordinate of the y-intercept (0,6).\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Edwin \n" ); document.write( " |