SOLUTION: graph the function by making a table of coordinates f(x)=4x

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Question 147741: graph the function by making a table of coordinates
f(x)=4x
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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In order to graph this equation, we only need two points to create a straight line




--------------------------------Let's find the first point--------------------------------

y=4x Start with the given equation




y=4%280%29 Plug in x=0 (you can start with any number, but zero is the easiest number to work with since anything multiplied by zero is zero)




y=0%2B0 Multiply 4 and 0 to get 0




y=0 Add



So when x=0, we have the value y=0. This means we have the first point




--------------------------------Let's find the second point--------------------------------

y=4x Start with the given equation




y=4%281%29 Plug in x=1




y=4%2B0 Multiply 4 and 1 to get 4




y=4 Add



So when x=1, we have the value y=4. This means we have the second point




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So we have the two points: and


Now plot these two points on a coordinate system





Now draw a straight line through the two points. This line is the graph of y=4x

Graph of y=4x through the two points and