document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=75534>Question 75534</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'm not sure if this is the right category for my problem, but I tried. my problem is y=-3x+6x-1, and you have to create an x and y table. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Before beginning on the x-y table, note that there are two terms on the right side of this<BR>\n" );
document.write( "equation that can be combined because they both contain and x.  When you combine the -3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "with the +6x the resulting equation is:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+=+%2B3x+-+1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+=+%2B3x+-+1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now you can create an x-y table by assigning values to x and calculating the corresponding <BR>\n" );
document.write( "values for y.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's try a simple one first ... assign x to = 0.  Then the x term goes to zero and you<BR>\n" );
document.write( "are left with y = -1.  <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Make your x-y table have two columns.  Head the first column (left column) \"When x equals\",<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and head the second column (right column) \"Then y equals\".<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Our first entry is 0 in the left column and just to the right of it -1 in the right hand<BR>\n" );
document.write( "column and draw a line under these entries.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = 5.  Then y becomes <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2A5+-++1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2A5+-++1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which equals <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=15+-+1+=+14 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"15+-+1+=+14\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. So this time<BR>\n" );
document.write( "in the left column enter 5 and adjacent to it in the right column enter 14.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "One last one.  Let x = 10. Then y becomes <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2A10+-++1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2A10+-++1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which equals <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=30+-+1+=+29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"30+-+1+=+29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. So <BR>\n" );
document.write( "this time enter 10 in the left column and enter 29 in the adjacent right column.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Draw a line <BR>\n" );
document.write( "under these two entries and horizontally across the two columns of the table.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You now should do some additional values.  Try some negative values for x and calculate<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the corresponding values for y.  Enter the x values you decide to use and list them vertically <BR>\n" );
document.write( "in the left column. Across from each one that you enter, give the corresponding y-value in <BR>\n" );
document.write( "the right hand column.  Then draw an underline after each x and y entry.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you with understanding how x-y tables are developed. </SPAN>\n" );
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