How do you graph $5x+y=5$ using the intercepts?

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Answer 1 · 2014-11-04T14:59:14

By setting $y=0$ , we can find the $x$ -intercept.

$5x+(0)=5 => x=1$

By setting $x=0$ , we can find the $y$ -intercept.

$5(0)+y=5 => y=5$ .

Plot the intercepts we found above:

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Connect those intercepts by a straight line.

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The line in red is the graph of $5x+y=5$ .

I hope that this was helpful.

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