SOLUTION: my son has missed a week of school due to illness and he needs my help with graphing linear equations by plotting.y=1/2x-3 or another problem is 3x+y=7. I really just to know if i

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Question 76605: my son has missed a week of school due to illness and he needs my help with graphing linear equations by plotting.y=1/2x-3 or another problem is 3x+y=7. I really just to know if i'm telling him right it has been years. Thanks for the help chris
Answer by checkley75(3666) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Y=1/2X-3 IS A LINE WITH A SLOPE OF 1/2 & A Y INTERCEPT OF -3 (RED LINE)
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3X+Y=7 OR Y=-3X+7 THIS LINE HAS A SLOPE OF -3 & A Y INTERCEPT OF 7 (GREEN LINE)
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+graph%28+300%2C+200%2C+-6%2C+5%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+y+=+x%2F2+-3%2C+y+=+-3x+%2B7%29+ (graph 300x200 pixels, x from -6 to 5, y from -10 to 10, of TWO functions y = x/2 -3, y = -3x +7).