document.write( "Question 1176557: How do you graph y + 2y = -4. I am having trouble graphing when there is a number next to the y.
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document.write( "Notice that in the left side you have two terms containing \"y\" only.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Combine like terms.  You will get\r\n" );
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document.write( "    3y = - 4,\r\n" );
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document.write( "which implies  y = .\r\n" );
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document.write( "It describes a horizontal line, parallel to x=axis.\r\n" );
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