SOLUTION: how do you graph y=x

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Question 239341: how do you graph y=x
Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
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You plot some selected points for x and then calculate the y value and then plot the points on the graph and then draw a straight line through the points.

Example:

When x = 0, y = 0

When x = 10, y = 10

Plot (x,y) = (0,0) on the graph.

Plot (x,y) = (10,10) on the graph.

Draw a straight line between them.

There's your graph.

The point (x,y) is x units to the right or left of x = 0, and y units up or down from y = 0.

If x is negative, you move to the left.

If y is negative, you move down.

If x is positive, you move to the right.

If y is positive, you move up.

A graph of your equation looks like:

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