document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1210574>Question 1210574</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How would you graph 4x+3y=-24 show it to me in a graph </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "As the other tutor says, you COULD put the equation in slope-intercept form and make the graph using the slope and y-intercept.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "However, when the given equation is in this form, finding the equation in slope-intercept form requires extra algebra work.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Instead, use the x- and y-intercepts.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "OOPS!!! I didn't see the \"-\" on the right side of the equation....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Here is my corrected response.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The x-intercept is the x value when y is 0:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4x%2B3%280%29=-24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4x%2B3%280%29=-24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4x=-24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4x=-24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=-24%2F4=-6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=-24%2F4=-6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The x-intercept is (-6,0)<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The y-intercept is the value of y when x is 0:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%280%29%2B3y=-24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%280%29%2B3y=-24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3y=-24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3y=-24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=-24%2F3=-8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=-24%2F3=-8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The y-intercept is (0,-8)<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Two points on the graph are (-6,0) and (0,-8).  The graph is the straight line containing those two points.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=graph%28400%2C400%2C-8%2C12%2C-8%2C12%2C%28-4%2F3%29x-8%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"graph%28400%2C400%2C-8%2C12%2C-8%2C12%2C%28-4%2F3%29x-8%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Note that drawing the graph by using two known points is easier than by using the slope and y-intercept.  So this method of drawing the graph requires no extra algebra, and the actual drawing of the graph is easier.<br><BR>\n" );
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