SOLUTION: Find the x and y intercepts. Write each one as an ordered pair, then graph.
1. -x + 3y = 9
2. 2x + 5y = -20
Please show me how to do these problems, so I can help my s
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Question 273581: Find the x and y intercepts. Write each one as an ordered pair, then graph.
1. -x + 3y = 9
2. 2x + 5y = -20
Please show me how to do these problems, so I can help my son when he gets up before he goes to school. I just came home from work and found out he didn't understand this.
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the y intercept is the value of y when x = 0.
the x intercept is the value of x when y = 0
first equation is:
-x + 3y = 9
make x = 0 and this equation becomes 3y = 9 which makes y = 3
make y = 0 and this equation becomes -x = 9 which makes x = -9
the ordered pairs from this would be:
(0,3) for the y intercept.
(-9,0) for the x intercept.
to graph this equation, solve for y to get:
y = (1/3)*x + 3
graph looks like this:
second equation is:
2x + 5y = -20
y intercept is the value of y when x = 0
make x = 0 and the equation becomes 5y = -20
solve for y to get y = -4.
x intercept is the value of x when y = 0
make y = 0 and the equation becomes 2x = -20
solve for x to get x = -10
the ordered pairs from this would be:
(0,-4) equals the y intercept (value of y when x = 0)
(-10,0) equals the x intercept (value of x when y = 0)
to graph this equation, solve for y to get
y = (-2/5)*x - 4
graph of this equation looks like this:
you graph the equations manually by plotting the two points you created on graph paper and then drawing a straight line between them.
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