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Graphing Lines
A series of free Basic Algebra Lessons from Brightstorm online Algebra series.
Finding the Equation of a Graphed Line
Sometimes we'll be given a graph of a line, and told to find the equation. There are many methods of finding the equation of a line with only a graph such as finding the slope and a point or finding two points. In order to understand finding the equation of line with its graph, one should understand the different forms of an equation of a line, especially point-slope and slope-intercept form.
How to Graph a Line using y=mx+b
When given an equation in the form y = mx + b, or slope-intercept form, we should know how to graph a line without having to compute two points on it. If we have an equation in slope-intercept form, we automatically know the slope and the y-intercept and can use that information to more quickly and efficiently graph the line. Another method of graphing a line is using a table of values or the intercepts.
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