Graphing Points from a Rule (Grades 6–8)
A rule like "y = x + 2" connects each x to a y. To find points on the line, pick x-values, apply the rule, and pair them: x = 0 → y = 2, x = 1 → y = 3, x = 2 → y = 4, giving (0, 2), (1, 3), (2, 4). Plotting these shows the line the rule describes; testing a point means checking whether it makes the rule true.
Understanding graphing points from a rule
A rule like "y = x + 2" connects each x to a y. To find points on the line, pick x-values, apply the rule, and pair them: x = 0 → y = 2, x = 1 → y = 3, x = 2 → y = 4, giving (0, 2), (1, 3), (2, 4). Plotting these shows the line the rule describes; testing a point means checking whether it makes the rule true.
Key Idea
A rule like "y = x + 2" connects each x to a y. To find points on the line, pick x-values, apply the rule, and pair them: x = 0 → y = 2, x = 1 → y = 3, x = 2 → y = 4, giving (0, 2), (1, 3), (2, 4). Plotting these shows the line the rule describes; testing a point means checking whether it makes the rule true.
Seeing it in action
Worked example
Find two points on y = x + 2.
x = 0 → y = 2 gives (0, 2). x = 3 → y = 5 gives (3, 5). → (0, 2) and (3, 5).
Each point fits y = x + 2.
Try a few
On y = 2x, what is y when x = 4?
Is (2, 5) on y = x + 3?
2 + 3 = 5.
On y = x − 1, the point at x = 6?
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