How do you graph #4x+5y-20=0#?

1 Answer
Feb 9, 2015

You may start by recognizing that it is a linear function (between us...all the variables are on...a line...there are not #x# in powers, in roots....in a fraction or in other functions).
The graph of a linear fuction is a straight line and you need only 2 points to plot it.
You can chose 2 values of #x# and evaluate the correspondent #y#. These will be the coordinates of the two points of your line (try to choose "easy" #x#!).
Let's chose:
#x=0 -> y=20/5=4#
#x=3 -> y=(20-12)/5=8/5=1.6#

So you get:
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