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OpenStudy (anonymous):

how to graph y=x-5 thanks

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what's the variable

OpenStudy (anonymous):

whats the variable?

OpenStudy (owlcoffee):

We'll have to recall some knowledge from analytic geometry. We know that it's a line, since it's a first degree equation, and we know that the line equation in point-slope formula has this form: \[y=mx+b\] where m, is the slope and b the OY intersection. We know that OY intersection implies that x=0 and the slope is just the invlination the line has respectively to the x or y coordinates. so we are asked to graph: \[y=x-5\] theres no number on the coeficient of x, meaning that there's a "1". So we have a slope of 1, and a y itersection of -5. in order to find the OX intersection, we just make y=0: \[0=x-5\] \[x=5\] So when x takes the value of 5, we see that it cuts the OX coordiantes. so the graph would look like this: |dw:1388701108433:dw|

OpenStudy (anonymous):

right

OpenStudy (anonymous):

o yea

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thank you very much :D

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