A tangent contains no chords
How do you evaluate: To evaluate an algebraic expression, you have to substitute a number for each variable and perform the arithmetic operations. In the example above, the variable x is equal to 6 since 6 + 6 = 12. If we know the value of our variables, we can replace the variables with their values and then evaluate the expression.
<span><u>1/3x - 1/2y = 1</u>
At the 'x' intercept, y=0 , and the equation is 1/3 x = 1
Multiply each side by 3 : <em>x = 3 </em> <== the x-intercept
At the 'y' intercept, x=0, and the equation is -1/2 y = 1
Multiply each side by 2 : - y = 2
Multiply each side by -1 : <em> y = -2 </em> <== the y-intercept
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The graph of y = -2 is shown below;
Please observe that y is always -2 for any value of x. Hence the graph is a straight line at the point where you have negative 2 on the vertical axis (y-axis).
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