SOLUTION: Please show mw step by step how to graph this. Such as what point to start on...start 3 and go up 3 over 2..something like that the equation is y= 2 over 5x +1 thank yo

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Question 197441: Please show mw step by step how to graph this.

Such as what point to start on...start 3 and go up 3 over 2..something like that

the equation is y= 2 over 5x +1

thank you
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Looking at y=%282%2F5%29x%2B1 we can see that the equation is in slope-intercept form y=mx%2Bb where the slope is m=2%2F5 and the y-intercept is b=1


Since b=1 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 2%2F5, this means:

rise%2Frun=2%2F5


which shows us that the rise is 2 and the run is 5. This means that to go from point to point, we can go up 2 and over 5



So starting at , go up 2 units


and to the right 5 units to get to the next point



Now draw a line through these points to graph y=%282%2F5%29x%2B1

So this is the graph of y=%282%2F5%29x%2B1 through the points and