SOLUTION: Use the slope-intercept method to graph {{{y=(5/3)x-3}}}

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Question 40491: Use the slope-intercept method to graph y=%285%2F3%29x-3
Answer by Nate(3500) About Me  (Show Source):
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-3 is your y-intercept .... now, use your slope .... go five units up and three units to the right; also, go five units down and three units to the left .... connect the dots!
Solved by pluggable solver: DESCRIBE a linear EQUATION: slope, intercepts, etc
Equation -1.66666666666667+x+%2B+1+y+=+-3 describes a sloping line. For any
equation ax+by+c = 0, slope is -a%2Fb+=+--1.66666666666667%2F1.
  • X intercept is found by setting y to 0: ax+by=c becomes ax=c. that means that x = c/a. -3/-1.66666666666667 = 1.8.
  • Y intercept is found by setting x to 0: the equation becomes by=c, and therefore y = c/b. Y intercept is -3/1 = -3.
  • Slope is --1.66666666666667/1 = 1.66666666666667.
  • Equation in slope-intercept form: y=1.66666666666667*x+-3.
graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+1.8-8%2C+1.8%2B8%2C+-3-8%2C+-3%2B8%2C+1.66666666666667%2Ax%2B-3+%29+