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) About Me  (Show Source):
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First put it into the slope-intercept form
which is: +y+=+m%2Ax+%2B+b+
+m+ is the slope of the line
+b+ is the y-intercept
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+-3x+-+5y+=+15+
Add +3x+ to both sides
+-5y+=+3x%2B+15+
Divide both sides by +-5+
+y+=+-%283%2F5%29%2Ax+-+3+
The y-intercept, +3+, gives you
the point ( 0, -3 )
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The x-intercept is where +y+=+0+
+0+=+-%283%2F5%29%2Ax+-+3+
+%283%2F5%29%2Ax+=+-3+
+x+=+-3%2A%285%2F3%29+
+x+=+-5+
This is the point ( -5, 0 )
2 points are all that is needed to plot the line
Here's the plot:
+graph%28+400%2C+400%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-%283%2F5%29%2Ax+-+3+%29+