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Straight Line Graphs and Gradients

The document discusses plotting straight line graphs from equations of the form y=mx+c. It provides 12 examples of lines with equations in the form of y=mx+c, y=x+c, and x+y=c. It asks the reader to determine the gradient and y-intercept of each line and link it to the equation. It also notes that switching the x and y variables in an equation results in a line with a reciprocal slope, and that this is always true for linear equations.

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Straight Line Graphs and Gradients

The document discusses plotting straight line graphs from equations of the form y=mx+c. It provides 12 examples of lines with equations in the form of y=mx+c, y=x+c, and x+y=c. It asks the reader to determine the gradient and y-intercept of each line and link it to the equation. It also notes that switching the x and y variables in an equation results in a line with a reciprocal slope, and that this is always true for linear equations.

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Plotting Straight Line Graphs

a) y=x+5 b) y=x+6
x 0 1 2 x 0 1 2
y 1 2 3 y 1 2 3
x y x y

x x

What is the gradient of the graph above? ___ What is the gradient of the graph above? ___
What is the y-intercept? ___ What is the y-intercept? ___
Can you link this to the equation of the line? Can you link this to the equation of the line?
__________________________________ __________________________________

c) y = 2x + 1 d) y = 2x - 4
x 0 1 2 x 0 1 2
y 1 2 3 y 1 2 3
x y x y

x x

What is the gradient of the graph above? ___ What is the gradient of the graph above? ___
What is the y-intercept? ___ What is the y-intercept? ___
Can you link this to the equation of the line? Can you link this to the equation of the line?
__________________________________ __________________________________
e) y = 3x + 2 f) y = 3x - 7
x 0 1 2 x 0 1 2
y 1 2 3 y 1 2 3
x y x y

x x

What is the gradient of the graph above? ___ What is the gradient of the graph above? ___
What is the y-intercept? ___ What is the y-intercept? ___
Can you link this to the equation of the line? Can you link this to the equation of the line?
__________________________________ __________________________________

g) y = 10 - x h) y = 10 – 2x
x 0 1 2 x 0 1 2
y 1 2 3 y 1 2 3
x y x y

x x

What is the gradient of the graph above? ___ What is the gradient of the graph above? ___
What is the y-intercept? ___ What is the y-intercept? ___
Can you link this to the equation of the line? Can you link this to the equation of the line?
__________________________________ __________________________________
i) y+x=5 j) y+x=7
y y

x x

What is the gradient of the graph above? ___ What is the gradient of the graph above? ___
What is the y-intercept? ___ What is the y-intercept? ___
Can you link this to the equation of the line? Can you link this to the equation of the line?
__________________________________ __________________________________

k) 2y + x = 12 l) 2x + y = 12
y y

x x

What is the gradient of the graph above? ___ What is the gradient of the graph above? ___
What is the y-intercept? ___ What is the y-intercept? ___
Can you link this to the equation of the line? Can you link this to the equation of the line?
__________________________________ __________________________________

What do you notice about the 2 equations for k) and l)? _________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
What about the gradients of the lines? ____________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Investigation: Plot an equation of your choice. Now, reverse the positions of the y and x, and
plot the new graph on the same axes. What do you notice? Is this always true?
y

Equation I chose:

_______________________

x
Equation with x and y switched:

_______________________

Equation I chose:

_______________________
x
Equation with x and y switched:

_______________________

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