The equation 5x+10y=30 is graphed in the xy-plane. Which of the statements below is true of its graph?Choose 1 answer:(A) The graph's x-intercept is 3 and its y-intercept is 6 .(B) The graph has a slope of 21.(C) The graph has a slope of −12.D The graph's x-intercept is 6 and its y-intercept is 3 .
Q. The equation 5x+10y=30 is graphed in the xy-plane. Which of the statements below is true of its graph?Choose 1 answer:(A) The graph's x-intercept is 3 and its y-intercept is 6 .(B) The graph has a slope of 21.(C) The graph has a slope of −12.D The graph's x-intercept is 6 and its y-intercept is 3 .
Find y-intercept: To find the y-intercept, we set x to 0 and solve for y.5(0)+10y=3010y=30y=1030y=3
Find x-intercept: To find the x-intercept, we set y to 0 and solve for x.5x+10(0)=305x=30x=530x=6
Find slope: To find the slope, we need to rewrite the equation in slope-intercept form, which is y=mx+b, where m is the slope.5x+10y=3010y=−5x+30y=(−5/10)x+30/10y=(−1/2)x+3The slope is −1/2.
Compare with answer choices: Now we can compare the information we found with the answer choices.(A) The graph's x-intercept is 3 and its y-intercept is 6. (Incorrect, we found x-intercept is 6 and y-intercept is 3)(B) The graph has a slope of 21. (Incorrect, the slope is negative, −21)(C) The graph has a slope of −12. (Incorrect, the slope is −21, not −12)(D) The graph's x-intercept is 6 and its y-intercept is 3. (Correct, matches our findings from Step1 & Step2)
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