Graphing Linear

Equations.
What is a Linear Equation Graph?

An algebraic equation, such as y = 2x + 7 or 3x + 2y − z = 4, in

which the highest degree term in the variable or variables is of
the first degree. The graph of such an equation is a straight line
if there are two variables
 STEP #1
•Locate the y-intercept on the graph and plot the point.
•From this point, use the slope to find a second point and
plot it.
•Draw the line that connects the two points.
STEP #2
Let's plot these points and draw a
line through them.
STEP #3

Just by looking at these values, we already know one point on the line! The
y-intercept gives us the point where the line intersects the y-axis, so we
know the coordinates of that point are (0, 2), since the x value of any point
that lies on the y axis is zero.
 STEP #4
To find the second point, we can use the slope of the line. The slope is ½ , which gives
us the change in the y value over the change in the x value. The change in the x value,
the denominator, is 2, so we move to the right 2 units.
The change in the y value, the numerator, is positive one. We move up one unit. This
gives us the second point we need. Now we can draw the line through the points.
STEP #5
STEP #6