SOLUTION: y=3/4x+1/2

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Question 134436: y=3/4x+1/2
Found 2 solutions by checkley71, jim_thompson5910:
Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
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Y=3/4X+1/2
+graph%28+300%2C+200%2C+-6%2C+5%2C+-10%2C+10%2C3x%2F4+%2B1%2F2%29+ (graph 300x200 pixels, x from -6 to 5, y from -10 to 10, 3x/4 +1/2).
solutions(0,1/2) & (-2/3,0)

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Do you want to graph?




Looking at y=%283%2F4%29x%2B1%2F2 we can see that the equation is in slope-intercept form y=mx%2Bb where the slope is m=3%2F4 and the y-intercept is b=1%2F2


Since b=1%2F2 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 3%2F4, this means:

rise%2Frun=3%2F4


which shows us that the rise is 3 and the run is 4. This means that to go from point to point, we can go up 3 and over 4



So starting at , go up 3 units


and to the right 4 units to get to the next point



Now draw a line through these points to graph y=%283%2F4%29x%2B1%2F2

So this is the graph of y=%283%2F4%29x%2B1%2F2 through the points and