SOLUTION: How do you graph this linear equation and linear inequality?:y=3x-5

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Question 607014: How do you graph this linear equation and linear inequality?:y=3x-5
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Solved by pluggable solver: DESCRIBE a linear EQUATION: slope, intercepts, etc
Equation -3+x+%2B+1+y+=+-5 describes a sloping line. For any
equation ax+by+c = 0, slope is -a%2Fb+=+--3%2F1.
  • X intercept is found by setting y to 0: ax+by=c becomes ax=c. that means that x = c/a. -5/-3 = 1.66666666666667.
  • Y intercept is found by setting x to 0: the equation becomes by=c, and therefore y = c/b. Y intercept is -5/1 = -5.
  • Slope is --3/1 = 3.
  • Equation in slope-intercept form: y=3*x+-5.