document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=847324>Question 847324</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a=1/2b+2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a-4b=-5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I need to find how to graph this? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #510344 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39620)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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=510344\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Decide which variable is for which axis.  Slope-intercept form equation of a line is usually the first form students learn.  If you choose a for the horizontal axis and b for the vertical axis, then solving both equations for b, you have the system:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b=2a-2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b=(1/4)a-5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The first equation has slope 2 and vertical intercept (0, -2);<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the second equation has slope (1/4) and vertical intercept (0, -5).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use those data to make the graph of each line.\r<BR>\n" );
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