SOLUTION: how to graph -3x - 5y = 15 and show work please

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Question 1015076: how to graph -3x - 5y = 15 and show work please
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First put it into the slope-intercept form
which is:
is the slope of the line
is the y-intercept
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Add to both sides

Divide both sides by

The y-intercept, , gives you
the point ( 0, -3 )
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The x-intercept is where




This is the point ( -5, 0 )
2 points are all that is needed to plot the line
Here's the plot:

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