SOLUTION: How to graph y=3/5x

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Question 124771: How to graph
y=3/5x

Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I'm going to assume that you mean y=%283%2F5%29x.

Pick a value for x. It doesn't matter what value you choose, so choose values that make the arithmetic easy -- 0 would be a good choice. Substitute that value into the equation and determine the y value that matches the x you selected. That will give you an x value and a y value that create an ordered pair, (x, y). Plot the point on your graph.

Now do the whole thing over again with a different value for x (I would choose 5 because of the denominator on the x-coefficient), resulting in a second ordered pair. Plot that point on your graph.

Draw a line through the two points and you are done.

If you actually meant y=3%2F5x, write back, there is a different process since this is actually a 2nd degree function.