How do you find the x and y intercept of $7y – x = - 12$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-03T06:43:18

The x intercept is $y=-12/7$ and the y intercept is $x=12$

You can find the x and y intercepts of any function by calculating what is the value of x when y=0 and the value of y when x=0, respectivey:

$y=0 -> 7*0-x=-12 -> x=12$

$x=0 -> 7y-0=-12 ->y=-12/7$

How do you find the x and y intercept of 7y – x = - 127y – x = - 12?