SOLUTION: How to solve X-2y+6

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Question 431998: How to solve X-2y+6
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If X-2Y+6=0, then
X-2Y=-6
Solved by pluggable solver: DESCRIBE a linear EQUATION: slope, intercepts, etc
Equation 1+x+%2B+-2+y+=+-6 describes a sloping line. For any
equation ax+by+c = 0, slope is -a%2Fb+=+-1%2F-2.
  • X intercept is found by setting y to 0: ax+by=c becomes ax=c. that means that x = c/a. -6/1 = -6.
  • Y intercept is found by setting x to 0: the equation becomes by=c, and therefore y = c/b. Y intercept is -6/-2 = 3.
  • Slope is -1/-2 = 0.5.
  • Equation in slope-intercept form: y=0.5*x+3.
graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-6-8%2C+-6%2B8%2C+3-8%2C+3%2B8%2C+0.5%2Ax%2B3+%29+