How do you graph using the intercepts for -2x+y=1?

1 Answer
Apr 15, 2018

"x-intercept " = -1/2, " y-intercept " = 1

Explanation:

-2x + y = 1

When y = 0, -2x = 1 " or x-intercept " = -1/2

Similarly, when x = 0, y = 1 " or y-intercept " = 1

Now we can plot two points (x_1, y_1) = (-1/2, 0), (x_2,y_2) = (0,1) on a graph sheet to get the the line.

graph{2x + 1 [-10, 10, -5, 5]}