SOLUTION: Graph f(x)=(1/5)x+1

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Question 243183: Graph f(x)=(1/5)x+1
Answer by nerdybill(7384) About Me  (Show Source):
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f(x)=(1/5)x+1
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You can also rewrite it as:
y=(1/5)x+1
Now, it is in the more familiar "slope-intercept" form:
y = mx + b
where
m is the slope (rise/run)
b is the y-intercept at (0,b)
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Solved by pluggable solver: DESCRIBE a linear EQUATION: slope, intercepts, etc
Equation -0.2+x+%2B+1+y+=+1 describes a sloping line. For any
equation ax+by+c = 0, slope is -a%2Fb+=+--0.2%2F1.
  • X intercept is found by setting y to 0: ax+by=c becomes ax=c. that means that x = c/a. 1/-0.2 = -5.
  • Y intercept is found by setting x to 0: the equation becomes by=c, and therefore y = c/b. Y intercept is 1/1 = 1.
  • Slope is --0.2/1 = 0.2.
  • Equation in slope-intercept form: y=0.2*x+1.
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