How do you find the x and y intercept given $6x - 3y = -10$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-14T01:17:32

$color(blue)("x-intercept = -(5/3), y-intercept = 10/3"$

By substituting the value of x & y with zero, one can get the y and x intercepts respectively.

$6x - 3y = -10$

Let x = 0,

Then, $color(red)(cancel(6 * 0)) - 3 y = -10$

$:. y = 10/3$

Similarly, $6 x - color(red)(cancel(3 * 0)) = -10$

$x = -10/6 = -5/3$

$:. color(blue)("x-intercept = -(5/3), y-intercept = 10/3"$

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