document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=67468>Question 67468</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130519669/algebrahomeworkh>Prentice Hall Algebra 1</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do you graph x+3y=6 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #47996 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=vero><B>vero(2)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/iconNewId_16x16.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=vero><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=47996\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> first, you need to change it into slope-intercept form.(y=mx+b)  m=slope     b=y intercept.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so when changing x+3y=6, you have to subtract x, from that side and you get  3y=-x+6, now you have to divide 3 to get y alone.  so you get y=-x/3=6/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and that turns out to be y=-x/3=2.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "       change into slope intercept form<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+3y=6 --------------------------------> y=mx+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=mx+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3y=-x=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-x/3+2         m=slope which makes m=-1/3  rise/run. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "                 b=y intercept which makes it b=2 which is (0,2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so to graph this you have to go from (0,2)to down one to the right 3 which would be the second point (3,1) and the third point would be (0,6. </SPAN>\n" );
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