SOLUTION: how to graph the line 6x - 2y = 12 to someone who has never taken an Algebra class

Question 284778: how to graph the line 6x - 2y = 12 to someone who has never taken an Algebra class
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The easiest way is to find the intercepts.
Those are the points that intersect the x and y axis.
To find the x-intercept, set y=0 and solve for x.

Plot the point (2,0).

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To find the y-intercept, set x=0 and solve for y.

Plot the point (0,-6).

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For a line, you only need two points.
Connect those two points with a line that goes through both.

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