SOLUTION: How do you plot a linear graph with the equation of "y=x+2"?

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Question 35397: How do you plot a linear graph with the equation of "y=x+2"?
Answer by lyra(94) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Well we can write y=x%2B2 as 2=-x+y
Solved by pluggable solver: DESCRIBE a linear EQUATION: slope, intercepts, etc
Equation -1+x+%2B+1+y+=+2 describes a sloping line. For any
equation ax+by+c = 0, slope is -a%2Fb+=+--1%2F1.
  • X intercept is found by setting y to 0: ax+by=c becomes ax=c. that means that x = c/a. 2/-1 = -2.
  • Y intercept is found by setting x to 0: the equation becomes by=c, and therefore y = c/b. Y intercept is 2/1 = 2.
  • Slope is --1/1 = 1.
  • Equation in slope-intercept form: y=1*x+2.
graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-2-8%2C+-2%2B8%2C+2-8%2C+2%2B8%2C+1%2Ax%2B2+%29+


hope this helps,
lyra