document.write( "Question 96498: 1. Graph the line y=-3/2x
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Solved by pluggable solver: Graphing Linear Equations
In order to graph \"y=%28-3%2F2%29%2Ax%2B0\" we only need to plug in two points to draw the line
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=18%2F2%2B0\" Multiply
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=18%2F2\" Add
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=9\" Reduce
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\n" ); document.write( " So here's one point (-6,9)
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\n" ); document.write( " Now lets find another point
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=%28-3%2F2%29%2A%28-4%29%2B0\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=12%2F2%2B0\" Multiply
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=6\" Reduce
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\n" ); document.write( " So here's another point (-4,6). 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=%28-3%2F2%29%2Ax%2B0\" through the points (-6,9) and (-4,6)
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\n" ); document.write( " So from the graph we can see that the slope is \"-3%2F2\" (which tells us that in order to go from point to point we have to start at one point and go down -3 units and to the right 2 units to get to the next point), the y-intercept is (0,\"0\")and the x-intercept is (\"0\",0)
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\n" ); document.write( " We could graph this equation another way. Since \"b=0\" this tells us that the y-intercept (the point where the graph intersects with the y-axis) is (0,\"0\").
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\n" ); document.write( " So we have one point (0,\"0\")
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\n" ); document.write( " Now since the slope is \"-3%2F2\", this means that in order to go from point to point we can use the slope to do so. So starting at (0,\"0\"), we can go down 3 units
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\n" ); document.write( " Now draw a line through those points to graph \"y=%28-3%2F2%29%2Ax%2B0\"
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\n" ); document.write( " So this is the graph of \"y=%28-3%2F2%29%2Ax%2B0\" through the points (0,0) and (2,-3)
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now since the slope is \"-4+%2F+3\", this means that in order to go from point to point we can use the slope to do so. So starting at (0,\"-+4\"), we can go down 4 units \r
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\n" ); document.write( "Now draw a line through those points to graph \"y+=+%28+-+4%2F3+%29+%2A+x-+4\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " So this is the graph of \"y+=+%28+-+4%2F3+%29+%2A+x-+4\" through the points (0,-4) and (3,-8)\r
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