SOLUTION: Graph the linear equation x = -3y

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Question 116717: Graph the linear equation
x = -3y

Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Solve for y first:

x=-3y
y=x%2F-3

Select two values for x, evaluate y at these two values, pair the selected x values with the resulting ys to create two ordered pairs. Plot the ordered pairs and then construct a line through them.

if x = 0, y = 0, therefore (0,0) is on the line.
if x = 3, y = -1, therefore (3,-1) is on the line.

Note: The values I picked were arbitrary. You could have chosen any two values for x. I picked ones that would make the arithmetic easy and result in non-fractional values for y.

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