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To solve this problem we will have to convert 4x + y = 6x - 1 to point - slope form, for simplicity --- ( 1 )

4x + y = 6x - 1,

- 2x + y = - 1,

Point - Slope Form : y = 2x - 1

Now let's graph this equation. Consider the x - intercept and y - intercept of this graph --- ( 2 )

0 = 2x - 1

2x = 1

x = 1 / 2 = 0.5 ( x - intercept ),

y = 2(0) - 1 = 0 - 1 = - 1 ( y - intercept )

We know that the x - intercept is 0.5, so we can plot the point (0, 0.5). Similarly we can plot the point ( - 1,0 ) given the y - intercept is - 1. After plotting these points we can run a line through them, creating our graph.

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Explanation:

We are given 4x+y=6x-1 to graph. The easiest way to graph is to turn this equation into slope-intercept form, which is y=mx+b.

First, we are going to subtract 4x from both sides to isolate the y variable which gets us y=2x-1, and now we have slope-intercept form. Now we're going to use what we know about the form to graph.

In such form, m is the slope and b is the y-intercept. Our b in our equation is -1, so you're going to put a dot at (0,-1) on the y-axis. Then for our slope, it is 2, but it's easier to envision as rise over run where 2 is how much we rise and 1 is how much we run (or move to the right). So from our starting point from the y-axis, we're going to move up 2 units and then to the right one unit. And with two dots on the graph, we can run a line through it which will give us our graphed line.

For safe measures, you can continue the pattern of rising 2 and running 1, or you can go down 2 and left 1, which is the opposite and yet still confines to the line.

If you don't understand this explanation, I also recommend checking out desmos! It's a graphing calculator online in which you can plug this equation in and it graphs it for you! The file I have attached to this is from desmos to help you see the graph, I hope you do well!

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