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What is the equation for the graph shown?

What is the equation for the graph shown?-example-1
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Answer: y=2/3x+4

Explanation:

this will be written out in y=mx+b form. M stands for the slope, and b stands for the y-intercept, or where the line intersects with the y-axis.

going left to right, the line slopes upward, therefore it is a positive slope. This means that the “m” part of the equation will be a positive number. When finding the slope, we use rise over run. On your graph, if you take one point and rise 2, then run right 3, you will find another point! We have now found that the slope is 2/3x.

let’s plug this into our equation. Y=2/3x +b

lastly, we find the y-intercept. This is simply where the line intersects with the y-axis. In this case, it is positive 4. So the y-intercept is 4.

our final equation is: y=2/3x +4

i hope this is helpful.

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