document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1151551>Question 1151551</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Graph the line with y-intercept 4 and slope -3/5. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The y intercept is 4, which means the point (0,4) is on the graph. I'll label this as point A.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A = (0,4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is where the graph crosses the y axis.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From point A, move down 3 units and to the right 5 units to arrive at point B = (5,1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The movement \"down 3, to the right 5\" comes directly from the slope of -3/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope = rise/run<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope = -3/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rise = -3 means we drop 3 vertical units (y axis)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "run = 5 means we move to the right 5 units (x axis)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "As the diagram below indicates, the red line goes downhill as you read from left to right. This downhill direction is because of the negative slope.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After we have two points, we can draw a straight line through them<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" src = \"https://i.imgur.com/BnqIsSd.png\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "I used <a  rel=nofollow HREF= \"https://www.geogebra.org/?lang=en\">GeoGebra</a> to create the graph.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The equation of the red line in slope intercept form (y = mx+b) is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+=+expr%28-3%2F5%29x%2B4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+=+expr%28-3%2F5%29x%2B4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = -3/5 is the slope<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 4 is the y intercept<BR>\n" );
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