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put this solution on YOUR website! Could I get some help with graphing this equation: 2x + y = -8?
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1. Find the x-coordinate of the x-intercept by substituting 0 for y and
solving for x. The y-coordinate of the x-intercept is 0.
2x + y = -8
2x + 0 = -8
2x = -8
x = -8/2
x = -4
So the x-intercept is (-4,0)
2. Find the y-coordinate of the y-intercept by substituting 0 for x and
solving for y. The x-coordinate of the y-intercept is 0.
2x + y = -8
2(0) + y = -8
0 + y = -8
y = -8
So the x-intercept is (0,-8)
3. Plot these two points (-4,0) is on the x-axis 4 units left of the
origin and (0,-8) is on the y-axis 8 units below the origin.
Then draw a line through those two points:
Edwin