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PLEASE HELP! I have been working on this IXL for over 30 minutes and I keep getting the questions wrong. I am not good at graphing and I am really frustrated. Can someone please help?

PLEASE HELP! I have been working on this IXL for over 30 minutes and I keep getting-example-1
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the equations are in slope intercept form which is

y = mx+b

m is the slope of the equation. slope is rise/ run meaning that if a slope is 2, you can also say 2/1. this means you go up 2 squares and to the right 1 point. if the slope is negative, it looks like a downhill and the line falls left to right. if the slope is positive, it looks like uphill and the line falls right to left.

the x is what the slope is multiplied by but isn’t significant in graphing because it’s always just x

the b represents the y intercept. the y axis is the vertical line on the graph. for example if b = 7, then the line goes through 7 on the graph and basically tells us that (0,7) is a point on the line.

for y= x + 7, the slope is 1. that equation is just saying y= 1x+7 but the one is unnecessary usually because it’s implied that the x means 1x

i attached a picture of the graphed lines
PLEASE HELP! I have been working on this IXL for over 30 minutes and I keep getting-example-1
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