SOLUTION: graph please draw a graph y= 2x-3

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Question 151912: graph please draw a graph y= 2x-3
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Looking at y=2x-3 we can see that the equation is in slope-intercept form y=mx%2Bb where the slope is m=2 and the y-intercept is b=-3


Since b=-3 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, this means:

rise%2Frun=2%2F1


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 y=2x-3

So this is the graph of y=2x-3 through the points and