Sunday, October 5, 2008

GRAPHING LINES-(USING INTERCEPTS)

When graphing lines using slope you should always remember one very important thing and that is,
for every line on x there is a y value of 0 and for every line of y there is an x value of 0.
That would look something like this, x=y=0 while y=x=0.

If you had a question like y=4x+4 you would follow this steps to solving it;

Step 1: remind yourself that for the x-int y=0.

Step 2: Put a 0 for the y value like this y(0)=4x+4

Step 3: Finish working it out, so 0=4x+4

Step 4: Subtract 4 from both sides in order to have your x value isolated.
your x-value will be -1.

Do the same thing to find the y int. but *remember to put a 0 for the x value*.

Your y value will be 4.

YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY FOUND YOUR X AND Y INTERCEPTS.
x is (-1,0)
y is (0,4)

(-1,0)(0,4)

Last Step: Graph your intercepts on the Coordinate plate and you are done!!

That was question 1 from exercise 12.

The next scribe will be......YASSIR.

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