How do you find the x and y intercept of y=2x+24?

1 Answer
Jan 29, 2017

"x-intercept "=-12," y-intercept "=24

Explanation:

To find the intercepts.

• " let x=0, in the equation, to find y-intercept"

• " let y=0, in the equation, to find x-intercept"

x=0toy=0+24toy=24larrcolor(red)"y-intercept"

y=0to2x+24=0to2x=-24

rArrx=(-24)/2=-12larrcolor(red)"x-intercept"
graph{2x+24 [-160, 160, -80, 80]}