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OpenStudy (anonymous):

–4x – 2 = –x + 3 <---- How can this be graphed to find the point of intersection?

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

well, if you solve for "x", what do you get?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Do I add 4x to both sides for the first step?

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Ok, I got -5 = 3x. Is that right?

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

yeap, thus \(\bf x=-\cfrac{5}{3}\)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Ok, cool, is that all I need to find the point of intersection, or also y?

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

|dw:1393707047984:dw| tis a vertical line, where the RUN is 0 and thus the slope is UNDEFINED

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