plot a function in the positive semi axes

Question

Good morning, I would like to plot the following function: x=60-(1/6)*y. This function I'd like to be presented only in the positive side of both axes. How can I achive this? Is there a package or any order on how can I have any function plotted? I have tried many things seen both in this site and in others but I haven't succeded yet in making a good looking figure. Thanks in advance

Answer 1

As stated in the comments before, you can use the great package pgfplots for this.

\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[xmin=0,xmax=360,ymin=0]
\addplot [domain=0:360,blue] {60-x/6};
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

But I can't really recomend plotting a simple function like this. It is easy enough to read, the ink to information ratio is not to well. If you want further information on ink to information ratio I suggest reading something written by Edward Tufte. Alternatively I would recommend the TikZ manual. pgfplots is build on TikZ.
If there is a good reason to still do it: Happy TeXing!