Graph the line: y=2/3x-4
2 answers:
slope:
y-intercept: (0, -4) (answer let me know if i am wrong)
Y=2/3x-4 is in Slope - intercept form meaning you are shown the slope (how steep the line is) and the y intercept (where the equation hits the vertical axis)
With the given information, select the point (0, -4) on the graph, this is where the line crosses the y axis, as shown through the -4 in the equation.
Next, look at the slope and you'll see 2/3x. Slope is in format "rise over run" meaning the first number (2) is the vertical change, so up two, and the second number (3) is horizontal change, right 3.
Combine these two steps together and select point (0. -4) then the next point should be at (3,2), 2 units up and three to the right from the y intercept.
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Answer:
1. x = 3, 1/2 (solutions); (x - 3)(2x - 1) (factors)
2. x = -1/3, -2 (solutions); (3x + 1)(x + 2) (factors)
Step-by-step explanation:
<u>1. 2x^2 - 7x + 3</u>
To solve problem 1, you will need to identify your a, b, and c values in this quadratic function.
Since this problem is in standard form, it will be easy to identify these values. The standard form of a quadratic function is ax^2 + bx + c.
The a value is 2, the b value is -7, and the c value is 3 if we use our standard form and see which numbers are plugged into it.
Since we know that
- a = 2
- b = -7
- c = 3
we can use the quadratic formula:
Substitute the a, b, and c values into the quadratic formula:
Now simplify using the laws of pemdas:
Simplify even further:
Now split this equation into two equations to solve for x:
12/4 can be simplified to 3, and 2/4 can be simplified to 1/2.
This means your solutions to problem 1 is 3, 1/2.
There is also another way to solve for the quadratic functions, and this was by factoring.
If you factor 2x^2 - 7x + 3 using the bottoms-up method, you will get (x - 3)(2x - 1).
After factoring, solving for the solutions is simple because all you have to do is set each factor to 0.
- x - 3 = 0
- 2x - 1 = 0
After solving for x by adding 3 to both sides, or by adding 1 to both sides then dividing by 2, you will end up with the same solutions: x = 3 and x = 1/2.
<u>2. 3x^2 + 7x + 2</u>
To save time I'll be using the bottoms-up factoring method, but remember to refer back to problem 1 (quadratic formula) if you prefer that method.
Factor this quadratic function using the bottoms-up method. After factoring you will have (3x + 1)(x + 2). These are your factors.
Now to solve for x and find the solutions of the quadratic function, you will set both factors equal to 0.
- 3x + 1 = 0
- x + 2 = 0
Solve.
<u>First factor:</u> 3x + 1 = 0
Subtract 1 from both sides.
3x = -1
Divide both sides by 3.
x = -1/3
<u>Second factor:</u> x + 2 = 0
Subtract 2 from both sides.
x = -2
Your solutions are x = -1/3 and x = -2.