document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=130015>Question 130015</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Draw a graph of y=2x for x-values from  0 to 5 (< x > 5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "could you please  explain how to get the answer so I can continue with the rest of the page </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #94973 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><B>bucky(2189)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=94973\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> First graph the given equation y = 2x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This equation is in the slope intercept form y = mx + b in which m (the multiplier of x) is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the slope of the line and b the constant is the value on the y-axis where the graph intersects<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(crosses) the y-axis.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "By comparing the given equation with the slope intercept form you can tell that the graph <BR>\n" );
document.write( "should have a slope of 2 because 2 is the multiplier of x. The constant b must equal zero<BR>\n" );
document.write( "because there is no constant on the right side of the given equation. This tells you that the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "graph crosses the y-axis at the origin because the y value at the origin is zero.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So you know the graph crosses through the origin and has a slope of 2. You can also use<BR>\n" );
document.write( "some points to determine the graph. For example, you can let x = 10. Plug this value for<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x into the given equation to find the corresponding value of y and you get:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = 2x = 2(10) = 20<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "With x = 10 and the corresponding value of y = 20, you can mark the point (10,20) and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "it will be on the graph. Put a straight edge on the origin and the point (10, 20) and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "extend a line through those two points. That is the graph and it should look like this:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But the problem tells you that you are only interested in that portion of the graph where<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x has values from 0 to +5. Go along the x axis to the value +5. Draw a vertical line through<BR>\n" );
document.write( "+5 to the point where it intersects the graph. (That point will be (5,10)). Erase the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "part of the graph that is to the right of that vertical line. Then go back to the origin<BR>\n" );
document.write( "where the value of x is zero. Erase all of the graph that lies to the left of that point<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(that is erase that part of the graph that is in the third quadrant ... left of the y-axis.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What you have left is a graph that starts at the origin and goes to the point (5,10) and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that's it. That should be what you are looking for.<BR>\n" );
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