How do you find the x and y intercepts and slope if they exist and graph the line -2x + 7y = 14?
2 Answers
Jun 20, 2018
The x intercept is where
For the slope and y intercept we write
Jun 20, 2018
Explanation:
To find the intercepts, set one of the coordinates to zero and solve for the other:
So, the
So, the
To find the slope, it is convenient to write the equation in the form
once this is done, the slope will be
and finally divide both sides by
So, the slope is