Step 1: Pick a value for x. Any value will do, but in this case, I would choose 3. Insert that value into the equation and calculate y. Now we have a value for x and a corresponding value for y making an ordered pair that can be plotted on the coordinate plane. First point (3,3). Plot the point. Now choose a second value for x. How about 6. , and we have our second point, (6,2). Plot the point. Construct a line through your two points and you are done.