How do you find the x and y intercept of $x + 4y = 8$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-05-10T07:11:14

$"x-intercept: "8$
$"y-intercept: "2$

$"we write y=0 to find x-intercept ."$

$x+4y=8$
$x+4*0=8$
$x+0=8$
$x=8$

$"we write x=0 to find y-intercept ."$

$x+4y=8$
$0+4y=8$
$4y=8$
$y=8/4$

$y=2$

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How do you find the x and y intercept of x + 4y = 8x + 4y = 8?