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Atkins & de Paula:
Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences

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Atkins & De Paula: Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences
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Straight-line graphs A2.1

The equation for a line is given by

Where a is the slope, and b is the y-intercept.

To graph a line enter the parameters (i.e., a, b) and hit New Plot. Up to 5 plots can be displayed at one time. The Clear button will remove all plots. To see the parameters for each plot hit the Legend on/off button. The Redraw button will refresh the graph. This is useful when the function domain (i.e., x) has been changed. To see the value of each plot at a given point, move your cursor to the desired location then click and hold.

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