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Please help I want clear answers for example
AB: X = ___ Y =___

Please help I want clear answers for example AB: X = ___ Y =___-example-1
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Answer:

AB: y=2x+2

CB: y=-2x+6

CD: y=1/2x-1.5

DA: y=-3x+2

Explanation:

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Answer:

AB:
y=2x+2

CB:
y=-2x+6

CD:
y=(1)/(2)x -1.5

DA:
y=-3x+2

Explanation:

So when it's saying y = __ x + __ it's asking for the slope-intercept form. This is given as y=mx+b where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept. m is the slope because as x increases by 1, the y-value will increase by m, which is by definition what the slope is
(rise)/(run) how much the function "rises" as x "runs".

AB: See how it "rises" by 2 and only "runs by 1", thus the slope is 2/1 or 2. the last part is the y-intercept, which is the value of y when the line crosses the y-axis. If you look at the graph when it "crosses" the y-axis it's y-value is 2. So you have the equation:
y=2x+2

CB: See how it "goes down" by 4 and "runs" by 2, thus the slope is -4/2 or -2. The y-intercept isn't shown on the graph but you can calculate that by substituting known values into the slope-intercept form. So we know so far y=-2x+b since the slope was calculated, and we can take any point on the line to calculate b, for this example I'll take the point C which is (3, 0) which is (x, y) and I'll plug that in

Plug values in:

0 = -2(3) + b

0 = -6 + b

6 = b

This gives you the complete equation:
y=-2x+6

CD: see how it only "rises" by 1 but "runs" by 2, thus the slope is 1/2. The y-intercept isn't shown on the graph but you can calculate it by substituting a point into the equation For this example I'll use point C (3, 0)

0 = 3(1/2) + b

0 = 1.5 + b

-1.5 = b

This gives you the complete equation:
y=(1)/(2)x - 1.5

DA: see how it "decreases" by 3 but "runs" by 1, thus the slope is -3/1 or -3. The y-intercept is known and is at (0, 2) so now we plug these values in to get the equation:
y=-3x+2

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