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Question 127772
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y=3/2x-4
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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 3 and the run is 2. This means that to go from point to point, we can go up 3 and over 2
So starting at
, go up 3 units
and to the right 2 units 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