How do you graph the equation $y = x - 2$ $y=x-2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-11-10T14:54:15

See a solution process below:

First, solve for two points which solve the equation and plot these points:

First Point: For $x = 0$ $x = 0$

$y = 0 - 2$ $y = 0 - 2$

$y = - 2$ $y = -2$ or $(0, - 2)$ $(0, -2)$

Second Point: For $x = 2$ $x = 2$

$y = 2 - 2$ $y = 2 - 2$

$y = 0$ $y = 0$ or $(2, 0)$ $(2, 0)$

We can next plot the two points on the coordinate plane:

graph{(x^2+(y+2)^2-0.025)((x-2)^2+y^2-0.025)=0 [-10, 10, -5, 5]}

Now, we can draw a straight line through the two points to graph the line:

graph{(y-x+2)(x^2+(y+2)^2-0.025)((x-2)^2+y^2-0.025)=0 [-10, 10, -5, 5]}

How do you graph the equation y=x-2y=x−2y=x-2?