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What is the minimum number of points need to graph a linear equation?

Is it just 1 because you can do like y = 4?

Update:

why is it beneficial to use more than one point is the 2nd part of the question?

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  • 8 years ago
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    You only need one point and the slope in order graph a linear equation. From this information you can utilize point-slope formula (Y-y1=m(X-x1)) to get that equation.

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