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Student Name:Marco
Marco Antonio Fragoso Gonzalez
Date:03/22/2020
03/22/2020

Mathematical Readiness

Graphing a line given its x- and y-intercepts

Sample Question

Graph the line whose x-intercept is − 9 and whose y-intercept is − 8.

y
10

2
x

-10 -8 -6 -4 -2 2 4 6 8 10
-2

-4

-6

-8

-10

Explanation

A line whose y-intercept is − 8 crosses the y-axis at − 8.

That is, the line passes through the point 0, − 8 .

A line whose x-intercept is − 9 crosses the x-axis at − 9.

That is, the line passes through the point − 9, 0 .

We use these two points to graph the line.

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y
10

2
x

-10 -8 -6 -4 -2 2 4 6 8 10
-2

-4

-6

-8

-10

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