GCSE Maths

Drawing X-Y Graphs

x-y sketch

We can work out how to plot lines such as y=3x by making a table of results:

x0123
y0369

Each value of y was found by multiplying the x-value by 3. Easy, dude!

graph of y=3x being plotted

We then plot some of the points and draw a line through them, as above, ensuring we label the graph!


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