How do you graph using the intercepts for x+3y=5?

1 Answer
Mar 29, 2018

graph{(-5+x)/3 [-10, 10, -5, 5]}

Explanation:

We can draw a straight line between the x intercept (when y=0) and the y intercept (when x=0)

x intercept: x+3(0)=5 so x=5 so x=5

So this gives you one co-ordinate (5,0)

y-intercept (0)+3y=5 so y=53

So this gives another set of co-ordinates (0,53)

So we sketch a line between these two points graph{(-5+x)/3 [-2.41, 7.654, -2.766, 2.266]}