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What does the line y = -3x - 3 look like?

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Using the general format of a line, y = mx + c,
Where m = slope of the line, c = vertical intercept.

y = -3x -3, comparing to y = mx + c
Slope, m = -3, vertical intercept, c = -3.

For a negative slope, the line would be falling downwards from the left hand side of graph sheet to right hand side.

Slope = -3,

Vertical or y intercept is the point it cuts across the y axis, at this point, x = 0
y intercept = (0, -3)

x intercept, at this point, the value of y is zero.

y = -3x - 3

0 = -3x - 3

0 + 3x = -3

3x = -3

x = -3/3

x = -1.

x intercept = (-1, 0)

So we would plot the points (0, -3) and (-1, 0)

See attached picture for sketch of the line y = -3x - 3.


What does the line y = -3x - 3 look like?-example-1