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Algebra.Com's Answer #94886 by jim_thompson5910(35256)\"\" \"About 
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\"2x=y%2B1\" Start with the first equation\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=2x-1\" Rearrange the equation\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now let's graph the equation\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Looking at \"y=2x-1\" we can see that the equation is in slope-intercept form \"y=mx%2Bb\" where the slope is \"m=2\" and the y-intercept is \"b=-1\" \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since \"b=-1\" this tells us that the y-intercept is .Remember the y-intercept is the point where the graph intersects with the y-axis\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now since the slope is comprised of the \"rise\" over the \"run\" this means\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "which shows us that the rise is 2 and the run is 1. This means that to go from point to point, we can go up 2 and over 1\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So starting at , go up 2 units \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now draw a line through these points to graph \"y=2x-1\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " So this is the graph of \"y=2x-1\" through the points and \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2x-y=5\" Now move onto the second equation\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"-y=5%2B2x\" Add 2x to both sides\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"-y=2x%2B5\" Rearrange the terms\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=%282x%2B5%29%2F%28-1%29\" Divide both sides by -1 to isolate y\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=-2x-5\" Divide and simplify\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Looking at \"y=-2x-5\" we can see that the equation is in slope-intercept form \"y=mx%2Bb\" where the slope is \"m=-2\" and the y-intercept is \"b=-5\" \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"rise%2Frun=-2%2F1\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "which shows us that the rise is -2 and the run is 1. This means that to go from point to point, we can go down 2 and over 1\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now draw a line through these points to graph \"y=-2x-5\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " So this is the graph of \"y=-2x-5\" through the points and \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now let's graph \"y=2x-1\" and \"y=-2x-5\" together\r
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