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Example Question #581 : Linear Equations
Solve for in terms of
.
First, subtract 7 to both sides.
Factor the y on the left hand side.
Divide both sides by 3 – x.
Take an extra step by factoring the minus sign on the denominator.
Cancel the minus signs.
Example Question #1 : Solving Linear Functions
Find the equation for the line goes through the two points below.
Let .
First, calculate the slope between the two points.
Next, use the slope-intercept form to calculate the intercept. We are able to plug in our value for the slope, as well the the values for .
Using slope-intercept form, where we know and
, we can see that the equation for this line is
.
Example Question #1 : Solving Linear Functions
Find the equation of the line passing through the points and
.
To calculate a line passing through two points, we first need to calculate the slope, .
Now that we have the slope, we can plug it into our equation for a line in slope intercept form.
To solve for , we can plug in one of the points we were given. For the sake of this example, let's use
, but realize either point will give use the same answer.
Now that we have solved for b, we can plug that into our slope intercept form and produce and the answer
Example Question #1 : Solving Linear Functions
Find the point at which these two lines intersect:
We are looking for a point, , where these two lines intersect. While there are many ways to solve for
and
given two equations, the simplest way I see is to use the elimination method since by adding the two equations together, we can eliminate the
variable.
Dividing both sides by 7, we isolate y.
Now, we can plug y back into either equation and solve for x.
Next, we can solve for x.
Therefore, the point where these two lines intersect is .
Example Question #5 : Solving Linear Functions
Solve for when
.
The first thing is to plug in the given value so you equation is
.
Then you must subtract from both sides in order to get
by itself.
You now have
and you must multiply by for each side and you get
.
Example Question #1 : Solving Linear Functions
Solve:
Add on both sides.
Subtract 2 from both sides.
Divide by 10 on both sides.
Reduce the fractions.
The answer is:
Example Question #1 : Solving Linear Functions
Solve:
Distribute the right side.
Rewrite the equation.
Subtract on both sides.
Add 4 on both sides.
Divide by three on both sides.
The answer is:
Example Question #1 : Solving Exponential Functions
Solve the following function:
and
and
You must get by itself so you must add
to both side which results in
.
You must get the square root of both side to undue the exponent.
This leaves you with .
But since you square the in the equation, the original value you plug can also be its negative value since squaring it will make it positive anyway.
This means your answer can be or
.
Example Question #1 : Solving And Graphing Exponential Equations
What is the horizontal asymptote of the graph of the equation ?
The asymptote of this equation can be found by observing that regardless of
. We are thus solving for the value of
as
approaches zero.
So the value that cannot exceed is
, and the line
is the asymptote.
Example Question #2 : Solving And Graphing Exponential Equations
What is/are the asymptote(s) of the graph of the function
?
An exponential equation of the form has only one asymptote - a horizontal one at
. In the given function,
, so its one and only asymptote is
.
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