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How do you graph the line #5x - 2y =1#?

Answer 1

Kennedy Adams

#"the intercept points are:"#
#A=(1/5,0)#
#B=(0,-1/2)#

#5x-2y=1#
#2y=5x-1#

#y=5/2x-1/2#

#"let's find the intercept points for line"#
#if x=0 " then y="-1/2#

#if y=0" then "0=5/2x-1/2" "5/2x=1/2" "x=1/5#

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Answer 2

Savannah Anderson

To graph the line 5x - 2y = 1:

Rewrite the equation in slope-intercept form: y = mx + b.
Solve for y to isolate it on one side of the equation.
Plot the y-intercept (0, b) on the y-axis.
Use the slope (m) to find another point on the line. The slope is the coefficient of x in the equation.
Draw a straight line through both points to represent the graph of the equation.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

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