How do you graph $y = - \frac{1}{4} x$ $y = -1/4x$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-18T16:47:46

See a solution process below:

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

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

$y = - \frac{1}{4} \times 0$ $y = -1/4 xx 0$

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

Second Point: For $x = 4$ $x = 4$

$y = - \frac{1}{4} \times 4$ $y = -1/4 xx 4$

$y = - \frac{4}{4}$ $y = -4/4$

$y = - 1$ $y = -1$ or $(4, - 1)$ $(4, -1)$

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

graph{(x^2+y^2-0.035)((x-4)^2+(y+1)^2-0.035)=0 [-10, 10, -5, 5]}

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

graph{(y + (1/4)x)(x^2+y^2-0.035)((x-4)^2+(y+1)^2-0.035)=0 [-10, 10, -5, 5]}

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