document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1089286>Question 1089286</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> graph the function g(x)=-3x-1 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Rewrite:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -3x-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Remember the slope-intercept form is y = mx+b, so here we have that your slope is -3 and your intercept is -1. To get an ordered pair we can graph:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Set x to 0:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -3(0)-1 = 0-1 we have a pair (0,-1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "now using algebra get the x out and the y in:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y+3x = -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = -y-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = (-y-1)/3 set y to 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -0-1/3 now we have a second pair (-1/3, 0) Note: the ordered pairs are always written x, y. <BR>\n" );
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