SOLUTION: -3x + 5y = -18 graph

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Question 864970: -3x + 5y = -18 graph
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Solved by pluggable solver: DESCRIBE a linear EQUATION: slope, intercepts, etc
Equation -3+x+%2B+5+y+=+-18 describes a sloping line. For any
equation ax+by+c = 0, slope is -a%2Fb+=+--3%2F5.
  • X intercept is found by setting y to 0: ax+by=c becomes ax=c. that means that x = c/a. -18/-3 = 6.
  • Y intercept is found by setting x to 0: the equation becomes by=c, and therefore y = c/b. Y intercept is -18/5 = -3.6.
  • Slope is --3/5 = 0.6.
  • Equation in slope-intercept form: y=0.6*x+-3.6.
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