document.write( "Question 926173: Write an equation of the line with the given slope and y-intercept. Then graph it.
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The slope is m = -2 and the y-intercept is b = 3\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "y = mx + b\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Looking at \"y=-2x%2B3\" we can see that the equation is in slope-intercept form \"y=mx%2Bb\" where the slope is \"m=-2\" and the y-intercept is \"b=3\" \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since \"b=3\" this tells us that the y-intercept is .Remember the y-intercept is the point where the graph intersects with the y-axis\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now since the slope is comprised of the \"rise\" over the \"run\" this means\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "which shows us that the rise is -2 and the run is 1. This means that to go from point to point, we can go down 2 and over 1\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So starting at , go down 2 units \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now draw a line through these points to graph \"y=-2x%2B3\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " So this is the graph of \"y=-2x%2B3\" through the points and \r
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