Question #59258
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Explanation:
The equation in the problem is in slope-intercept form. The slope-intercept form of a linear equation is:
Where
For this problem:
Therefore:
The slope is:
The y-intercept is:
To find the x-intercept, set
Therefore:
The x-intercept is:
y-int = (0, 100)
slope = 10
x-int = (-10, 0)
Explanation:
To find the Y-intercept of a line when it is written in Y-intercept form like it is above, you look at the number without the variable, if you want a technical answer you find it by setting
The slope is found by looking at the coefficient of the x term which in this case is 10.
To find the X-intercept, do the opposite of what you did to find the Y-intercept and set y equal to 0 and solve for x like follows:
Get the terms with x alone on one side and the terms without x on the other side as such
And get x by itself by dividing both sides by 10 to get the answer