How do you graph #y = 1/2x - 3#?

1 Answer
Jul 2, 2018

see below

Explanation:

take 2 points, for example:
#y_((2))=1/2(2)-3=2/2-3=1-3=-2 => (2,-2)#
#y_((4))=1/2(4)-3=4/2-3=2-3=-1 => (4,-1)#

now draw an #(x,y)# axis graph, mark those 2 points (namely, #(2,-2)# and #(4,-1)#) and draw a line that goes between them.

graph{1/2 x -3 [-10, 10, -5, 5]}