Question

How do you find the x and y intercept of `6x + 8y = - 2`?

Answer 1

`x`-intecept is `x=-1/3`
`y`-intecept is `y=-1/4`

Explanation:

`6x+8y=-2`
`x`-intecept is when `y=0`
So putting `y=0` in the above equation we get
`6x+8(0)=-2`
or
`6x+0=-2`
or
`6x=-2`
or
`x=-2/6`
or
`x=-1/3`

`y`-intecept is when `x=0`
So putting `x=0` in the above equation `6x+8y=-2`
we get
`6(0)+8y=-2`
or
`0+8y=-2`
or
`8y=-2`
or
`y=-2/8`
or
`y=-1/4`