Graph y=1/6(x-3)+2

$y = \frac{1}{6} (x - 3) + 2$

Step 1

Rewrite in slope-intercept form.

The slope-intercept form is $y = m x + b$ , where $m$ is the slope and $b$ is the y-intercept.

$y = m x + b$

Reorder terms.

$y = \frac{1}{6} x + \frac{3}{2}$

Step 2

Use the slope-intercept form to find the slope and y-intercept.

Find the values of $m$ and $b$ using the form $y = m x + b$ .

$m = \frac{1}{6}$

$b = \frac{3}{2}$

The slope of the line is the value of $m$ , and the y-intercept is the value of $b$ .

Slope: $\frac{1}{6}$

y-intercept: $(0, \frac{3}{2})$

Slope: $\frac{1}{6}$

y-intercept: $(0, \frac{3}{2})$

Step 3

Any line can be graphed using two points. Select two $x$ values, and plug them into the equation to find the corresponding $y$ values.

Reorder terms.

$y = \frac{1}{6} x + \frac{3}{2}$

Find the x-intercept.

To find the x-intercept(s), substitute in $0$ for $y$ and solve for $x$ .

$0 = \frac{1}{6} x + \frac{3}{2}$

Solve the equation.

Rewrite the equation as $\frac{1}{6} x + \frac{3}{2} = 0$ .

$\frac{1}{6} x + \frac{3}{2} = 0$

Combine $\frac{1}{6}$ and $x$ .

$\frac{x}{6} + \frac{3}{2} = 0$

Subtract $\frac{3}{2}$ from both sides of the equation.

$\frac{x}{6} = - \frac{3}{2}$

Multiply both sides of the equation by $6$ .

$6 \frac{x}{6} = 6 (- \frac{3}{2})$

Simplify both sides of the equation.

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $6$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$6 \frac{x}{6} = 6 (- \frac{3}{2})$

Rewrite the expression.

$x = 6 (- \frac{3}{2})$

Simplify the right side.

Simplify $6 (- \frac{3}{2})$ .

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

Move the leading negative in $- \frac{3}{2}$ into the numerator.

$x = 6 (\frac{- 3}{2})$

Factor $2$ out of $6$ .

$x = 2 (3) \frac{- 3}{2}$

Cancel the common factor.

$x = 2 \cdot 3 \frac{- 3}{2}$

Rewrite the expression.

$x = 3 \cdot - 3$

Multiply $3$ by $- 3$ .

$x = - 9$

x-intercept(s) in point form.

x-intercept(s): $(- 9, 0)$

Find the y-intercept.

To find the y-intercept(s), substitute in $0$ for $x$ and solve for $y$ .

$y = \frac{1}{6} \cdot (0) + \frac{3}{2}$

Solve the equation.

Multiply $\frac{1}{6}$ by $0$ .

$y = \frac{1}{6} \cdot 0 + \frac{3}{2}$

Remove parentheses.

$y = \frac{1}{6} \cdot (0) + \frac{3}{2}$

Simplify $\frac{1}{6} \cdot (0) + \frac{3}{2}$ .

Multiply $\frac{1}{6}$ by $0$ .

$y = 0 + \frac{3}{2}$

Add $0$ and $\frac{3}{2}$ .

$y = \frac{3}{2}$

y-intercept(s) in point form.

y-intercept(s): $(0, \frac{3}{2})$

Create a table of the $x$ and $y$ values.

$\begin{array}{c} x & y \\ - 9 & 0 \\ 0 & \frac{3}{2} \end{array}$

Step 4

Graph the line using the slope and the y-intercept, or the points.

Slope: $\frac{1}{6}$

y-intercept: $(0, \frac{3}{2})$

$\begin{array}{c} x & y \\ - 9 & 0 \\ 0 & \frac{3}{2} \end{array}$

Step 5

Graph y=1/6(x-3)+2

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