How do you graph $3x-6y=12$ using the intercepts?

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-04T11:33:35

I tried this:

We find the coordinates of the two intercepts by seting:

$x=0$ in our equation.
We then get: $3*0-6y=12$
and: $y=-12/6=-2$

$y=0$ in our equation.
We then get: $3x-6*0=12$
and: $x=12/3=4$

So our intercepts have coordinates:
$(0,-2)$
$(4,0)$

These two points are enough to plot the straight line described by our equation:
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