Drawing Straight-Line Graphs Answers

Your Turn
1. Draw the graph of y = x + 2 for values of x 2. Draw the graph of y = 2x + 1 for values of x
from -3 to 3. from -3 to 3.

x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3

y -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 y -5 -3 -1 1 3 5 7
y y
5 8
7
4
6
3 5
2 4
3
1
2
x 1
-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
x
-1 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
-1
-2 -2

-3 -3
-4
-4
-5
-5 -6

3. Draw the graph of y = x – 1 for values of x 4. Draw the graph of y = 3x – 4 for values of x
from -3 to 3. from -3 to 3.

x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3

y -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 y -13 -10 -7 -4 -1 2 5
y y
4 6

3 4

2 2

1 x
-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
x -2
-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
-1 -4

-2 -6

-3 -8

-4 -10

-5 -12

-6 -14

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 Drawing Straight-Line Graphs Answers

5. Draw the graph of y = -x + 3 for values of x 6. Draw the graph of y = 5 – x for values of x
from -3 to 3. from -3 to 3.

x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3

y 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 y 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
y y
10 10

9 9

8 8

7 7

6 6

5 5

4 4

3 3

2 2

1 1

x x
-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4

Challenge
Draw the graph of x + y = 6 for values of x from -3 to 3.
Hint 1: You will need to draw a table of values.
Hint 2: You will need to rearrange the equation so that y is the subject of the equation.
y

x
-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3

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