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College Algebra / Unit 3   Alg 122 short lesson, about 20 seconds

Graphing by Plotting Points

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The idea

The graph of an equation in two variables is every point whose coordinates make the equation true; plotting enough points reveals its shape.

In practice

For y = 2x − 1: x = 0, 1, 2 gives the points (0, −1), (1, 1), (2, 3) — already lining up.

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