SOLUTION: how do you plot 5y-2x=8 on a straight line graph?

Question 783415: how do you plot 5y-2x=8 on a straight line graph?
Found 3 solutions by solver91311, oscargut, stanbon:
Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Step 1. Pick a value for x. It can be anything you like, but 0, 1, or some other small integer usually works well and makes the arithmetic easier.

Step 2. Substitute that value in place of x in your equation. Do the arithmetic and determine the value of y that results.

Step 3. Take the value of x that you selected for step 1 and the value of y that you calculated in step 2 and form an ordered pair (x,y).

Step 4. Plot the ordered pair from Step 3 on your graph. Remember that the x value is the distance right or left along the horizontal axis and the y value is the distance up or down along the vertical axis.

Step 5. Repeat steps 1 through 4 with a different value for x.

Step 6. Draw a line across your graph that passes through the two points that you plotted.

John

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My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

Answer by oscargut(2103)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can plot the line using 2 points
For example: (0,8/5) and (-4,0)
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Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
plot 5y-2x=8 on a straight line graph?
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Solve for "y":
y = (2/5)x + (8/5)
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Plot 2 points:
If x = 0, y = 8/5
If x = 5, y = 2 + 8/5 = 18/5
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Plot those two points and draw a line thru them.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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