Question

6. (5 points) Graph using two intercepts; show your work in finding the intercepts. 6x - 3y = 18

Answer 1

Answer:

Divide both sides by 18. The new coefficients will be the reciprocals of the intercepts:

$6x-3y=18 \rightarrow \frac6{18}x - \frac3{18}y = 1 \rightarrow \frac x3-\frac y6 =1$ The two intercepts are then 3 and -6.

(I know, dividing by 3 both sides of the equations would have made the whole process way easier).

Alternatively, plug x = 0 to find the y intercept and y=0 to find the x intercept. Either way the graph will look something like the one I'm sketching on paint.