document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=133836>Question 133836</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> y=2x-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Graph the equation and identify the y intercept.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can someone help me with this please, I do not understand this at all.I do not understand how I come with  number for the X what do i do to get that number?? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #97892 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><B>Earlsdon(6294)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><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=97892\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Graph the equation and identify the y-intercept:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+=+2x-6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+=+2x-6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > First, to graph this linear equation, you need only to assign values to the indepedent variable, that's x, then calculate the corresponding value of the dependent variable, that's y.  Since a straight line requires only two points to define it, that's all you need to find. So, assign some convenient value to x, like zero, (x=0) for example, then find the corresponding value of y.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+=+2%280%29-6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+=+2%280%29-6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+=+-6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+=+-6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > So here's your first point: (0, -6)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now for the second point, let x = 3.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+=+2%283%29-6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+=+2%283%29-6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ...and here's your second point: (3, 0) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now. on your coordinate graph paper with the x- and y-axes drawn in, you mark these two points then draw a straight line through them to get your graph, easy, right?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "As for the y-intercept, this is x- and y-location on your graph where the line you have drawn intersects the y-axis.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It happens that the x-value will be zero, so the y-value is -6 (0, -6) which happens to be one of the two points you got for the graph.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Here's a picture of the graph:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=graph%28400%2C400%2C-5%2C5%2C-8%2C5%2C2x-6%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"graph%28400%2C400%2C-5%2C5%2C-8%2C5%2C2x-6%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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