document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=12572>Question 12572</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How would you graph 2x+y=6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #6412 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=AdolphousC><B>AdolphousC(70)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-08.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=AdolphousC><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=6412\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You first need to get 2X + Y = 6 into slope intercept form which is y = mx+b<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To do this you need to subtract 2X from both sides, giving you y = -2x + 6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now you know your y intercept = 6 and slope is -2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your y-intercept is a point on the y axis, in this case 6, so go up 6 and plot the point (0,6), your slope, -2 should always be thought of as a fraction <BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=rise%2Frun ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"rise%2Frun\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > -2 as a fraction is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-2%2F1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-2%2F1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > so your rise is -2 and your run is 1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a rise of -2 means go down on the y-axis 2 units, and since you always run right, you move 1 unit along the x-axis, so you should now have a point at (1,4)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Plot this point and connect your two points, thus creating a graph, it should look like the one below<BR>\n" );
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