SOLUTION: Identify the graph of the equation and tell whether it is linear. y=1/3x

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Question 449025: Identify the graph of the equation and tell whether it is linear.
y=1/3x
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi, Previously posted

Using the standard slope-intercept form for an equation of a line y = mx + b

  where m is the slope and b the y-intercept.  

 y = (1/3)x  Slope m = (1/3) and 

y-intercept is (0,0) |m = 1/3: (y up1, x up3)  (3,1) another point on this line

Plotting points and connecting with a line