SOLUTION: I need to grpah the following: y= 2x-1, y=(-3/4)x+5 y=x2-4 y=-3x2-6-5

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Question 337756: I need to grpah the following:
y= 2x-1,
y=(-3/4)x+5
y=x2-4
y=-3x2-6-5

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I'll graph the first one to get you started.

Looking at we can see that the equation is in slope-intercept form where the slope is and the y-intercept is

Since 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

Also, because the slope is , this means:

which shows us that the rise is 2 and the run is 1. This means that to go from point to point, we can go up 2 and over 1

So starting at , go up 2 units

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

Now draw a line through these points to graph

So this is the graph of through the points and

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Jim