Question

graph of 2x + 3y = 12 is shifted down 3 units. What is the equation of the shifted graph? Please show me the steps

Answer 1

when you shift a linear graph of the form y = mx + c, its only the y intercept value that will change, in this case, c

so your original eq was : 2x +3y = 12

where 12 is the y intercept...when it says shifted down 3 units it means it has decreased by 3 units vertically...

put this into the above form and you get y = (-2/3)x + 4

so youre new eq would be y = (-2/3)x + 1

Answer 2

or 3y + 2x = 3

Answer 3

Thanks

Answer 4

no problem :)