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Question 176853: Hi I need some help with this problem:
Graph y=5x-2
Thanks in advance
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Looking at y=5x-2 we can see that the equation is in slope-intercept form y=mx%2Bb where the slope is m=5 and the y-intercept is b=-2


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

So we have one point




Now since the slope is comprised of the "rise" over the "run" this means
slope=rise%2Frun

Also, because the slope is 5, this means:

rise%2Frun=5%2F1


which shows us that the rise is 5 and the run is 1. This means that to go from point to point, we can go up 5 and over 1



So starting at , go up 5 units


and to the right 1 unit to get to the next point



Now draw a line through these points to graph y=5x-2

So this is the graph of y=5x-2 through the points and