SOLUTION: Graph each line using its slope and y intercept {{{y=2/3}}}{{{x+1}}}

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Question 174801: Graph each line using its slope and y intercept
y=2%2F3x%2B1

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
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Compare 
y=2%2F3x%2B1 

with

y=mx%2Bb

We see that the b is 1, so that makes
the y-intercept matrix%281%2C1%2C%22%280%2Cb%29%22%29 or matrix%281%2C1%2C%22%280%2C1%29%22%29
and that the slope, m, is 2%2F3.

First we plot the y-intercept matrix%281%2C1%2C%22%280%2C1%2C%29%22%29:



Now the slope is %28rise%29%2F%28run%29, so we
take the numerator of the slope 2%2F3, which
is 2, as the rise, and the denominator,
which is 3, as the run.

So we start at the y intercept and draw the rise
of 2 units upward, indicated below as an upward
pointing arrow.  (If the slope had been negative we 
would have drawn it pointing downward):



Then we go right 3 units for the run,
(run is always to the right) indicated by the second arrow
pointing to the right:



Now to graph the line, all we do is draw a
straight line through the y-intercept (0,1)
and through the arrow head at the end of
the run.  So we have this graph:



Edwin