SOLUTION: y=1/2x+5 my question is graph the equation and find the y-intercept.

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Question 973352: y=1/2x+5 my question is graph the equation and find the y-intercept.
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Solved by pluggable solver: Graphing Linear Equations
In order to graph y=%281%2F2%29%2Ax%2B5 we only need to plug in two points to draw the line

So lets plug in some points

Plug in x=-8

y=%281%2F2%29%2A%28-8%29%2B5

y=-8%2F2%2B5 Multiply

y=2%2F2 Add

y=1 Reduce

So here's one point (-8,1)




Now lets find another point

Plug in x=-6

y=%281%2F2%29%2A%28-6%29%2B5

y=-6%2F2%2B5 Multiply

y=4%2F2 Add

y=2 Reduce

So here's another point (-6,2). Add this to our graph





Now draw a line through these points

So this is the graph of y=%281%2F2%29%2Ax%2B5 through the points (-8,1) and (-6,2)


So from the graph we can see that the slope is 1%2F2 (which tells us that in order to go from point to point we have to start at one point and go up 1 units and to the right 2 units to get to the next point) the y-intercept is (0,5)and the x-intercept is (-10,0)


We could graph this equation another way. Since b=5 this tells us that the y-intercept (the point where the graph intersects with the y-axis) is (0,5).


So we have one point (0,5)





Now since the slope is 1%2F2, this means that in order to go from point to point we can use the slope to do so. So starting at (0,5), we can go up 1 units



and to the right 2 units to get to our next point


Now draw a line through those points to graph y=%281%2F2%29%2Ax%2B5


So this is the graph of y=%281%2F2%29%2Ax%2B5 through the points (0,5) and (2,6)