document.write( "Question 994257: Y = (-5) * x +5
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Solved by pluggable solver: Graphing Linear Equations
In order to graph \"y=-5%2Ax%2B5\" we only need to plug in two points to draw the line
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\n" ); document.write( " So lets plug in some points
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\n" ); document.write( " Plug in x=0
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=-5%2A%280%29%2B5\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=0%2B5\" Multiply
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=5\" Add
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\n" ); document.write( " So here's one point (0,5)
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\n" ); document.write( " Now lets find another point
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=-5%2A%281%29%2B5\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=-5%2B5\" Multiply
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\n" ); document.write( " So here's another point (1,0). Add this to our graph
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\n" ); document.write( " Now draw a line through these points
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\n" ); document.write( " So this is the graph of \"y=-5%2Ax%2B5\" through the points (0,5) and (1,0)
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\n" ); document.write( " So from the graph we can see that the slope is \"-5%2F1\" (which tells us that in order to go from point to point we have to start at one point and go down -5 units and to the right 1 units to get to the next point), the y-intercept is (0,\"5\")and the x-intercept is (\"1\",0)
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\n" ); document.write( " We could graph this equation another way. Since \"b=5\" this tells us that the y-intercept (the point where the graph intersects with the y-axis) is (0,\"5\").
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\n" ); document.write( " So we have one point (0,\"5\")
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\n" ); document.write( " Now since the slope is \"-5%2F1\", this means that in order to go from point to point we can use the slope to do so. So starting at (0,\"5\"), we can go down 5 units
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\n" ); document.write( " and to the right 1 units to get to our next point
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\n" ); document.write( " Now draw a line through those points to graph \"y=-5%2Ax%2B5\"
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\n" ); document.write( " So this is the graph of \"y=-5%2Ax%2B5\" through the points (0,5) and (1,0)
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