document.write( "Question 134288: Graph the equation and identify the y intercept\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\"x%2B5y=10\" Start with the given equation\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5y=10-x\" Subtract \"+x\" from both sides\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5y=-x%2B10\" Rearrange the equation\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=%28-x%2B10%29%2F%285%29\" Divide both sides by \"5\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=%28-1%2F5%29x%2B%2810%29%2F%285%29\" Break up the fraction\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=%28-1%2F5%29x%2B2\" Reduce\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Looking at \"y=-%281%2F5%29x%2B2\" we can see that the equation is in slope-intercept form \"y=mx%2Bb\" where the slope is \"m=-1%2F5\" and the y-intercept is \"b=2\" \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since \"b=2\" 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( "Also, because the slope is \"-1%2F5\", this means:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"rise%2Frun=-1%2F5\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "which shows us that the rise is -1 and the run is 5. This means that to go from point to point, we can go down 1 and over 5\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So starting at , go down 1 unit \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now draw a line through these points to graph \"y=-%281%2F5%29x%2B2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " So this is the graph of \"y=-%281%2F5%29x%2B2\" through the points and
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