How do you graph the line $x= -6y$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-10-23T22:53:11

See a solution process below:

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

First Point: For $y = 0$

$x = -6 * 0$

$x = 0$ or $(0, 0)$

Second Point: For $y = 1$

$x = -6 * -1$

$x = 6$ or $(6, -1)$

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

graph{(x^2+y^2-0.025)((x-6)^2+(y+1)^2-0.025)=0 [-10, 10, -5, 5]}

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

graph{(x+6y)(x^2+y^2-0.025)((x-6)^2+(y+1)^2-0.025)=0 [-10, 10, -5, 5]}

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