List of Q&A

Find the slope of an equation of a line 
Question Find the slope of the line 4y -3x +3 = 0. Answer To solve this question, we need to have some knowledge on the slope-intercept form of a line.

Line with x-intercept or y-intercept or both 
Question Does a line need to have both the x-intercept and y-intercept? Why? Answer This depends on how the line looks like. Now, if the line is

Finding the slope and y-intercept 
Question How do I find the slope and y-intercept of y=x+6? Answer To find the slope and y-intercept of this equation, we need to understand the Slope-Intercept

Find the x- and y- intercept of a linear equation 
Question Find the x-intercept and the y-intercept of the line given by the equation 9x -6y +15 = 0. Answer This basic understanding required to solve

Interpreting the slope of a line before graphing  Not rated yet
Question How can you tell if two equations are parallel or intersecting before graphing them? For example, do y = x or y = x + 2 intersect? Answer

Basics on drawing a graph  Not rated yet
Question Draw a pair of axes from –10 to +10 Answer STEP 1:    The two axes can be the vertical and horizontal axes. The vertical

Finding the slope of the line: 8x + 3y = –9  Not rated yet
Question Find the slope of the following line: 8x + 3y = –9. Answer STEP 1:    The first step to find the slope of the given line

Solve system of linear equations graphically  Not rated yet
Question Solve the following system of equations graphically: y=-x+4 and y=x-2  Answer STEP 1:    The given equations represent

Find the equation of the line as described below  Not rated yet
Question Find the equation of the line passing through (–4, 6) and parallel to the line y = 3x + 8. Answer STEP 1:    You are given

Effects of changing the slope and the y-intercept  Not rated yet
Question Using y = 3x + 1, find the equation of a second line by multiplying the slope by 2 and shifting the line down by 3 units. Answer STEP 1:   

Point on the Coordinate Plane   Not rated yet
Question Where is the point (-4, 1 / 2 ) located in the coordinate plane? Answer The coordinates of a point is expressed in the form of ( x , y ),

Find an equation for a line given the slope and a point  Not rated yet
Question Find an equation for a line with a slope of 2/3 and passing through (1, –4). Answer STEP 1:    We are given the slope and

Find the x-intercept and y-intercept  Not rated yet
Question Find the x- and y- intercepts of the line using these coordinates, (–2, –5) and (6, 1). Answer STEP 1:    Before getting

Using the slope formula to prove that a point is on the line AB   Not rated yet
Question Prove that the straight line passing through A(2,3) and B(-4,-6) passes through the origin. Answer Let's do a quick sketch of the points,