How do you graph $y = 3/5 x - 2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-10-29T10:38:38

$y$ is a straight line with slope $3/5$ and $y-$ intercept $-2$

$y = 3/5x -2$

The equation of a straight line with slope $(m)$ and $y-$ intercept $(c)$ is:

$y=mx+c$

So, in this example, $m=3/5 and c=-2$

The graph of $y$ is shown below.

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

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