How to find the x and y-intercept given $y= -2x + 4$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-16T04:24:37

$y$ -int $= 4$

$x$ -int $= 2$

To find the $y$ -intercept, you simply substitute in a $0$ for $x$ , which would give you the equation

$y = -2(0) + 4$

which then you simplify to get

$y = 4$

To find the $x$ -intercept, you set $y$ equal to $0$ , which would give you the equation

$0 = -2x + 4$

then you move the $4$ to the other side by subtracting

$-4 = -2x$

And finally, you divide both sides by $-2$ to get

$x = 2$

How to find the x and y-intercept given y= -2x + 4 y= -2x + 4 ?