How do you find the x and y intercepts for $2 x - 5 y = 10$ $2x - 5y = 10$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-11-17T20:34:47

Rearrange and substitute in y=0 and x=0 to find x and y intercepts respectively.

Rearrange to $y = m x + c$ $y=mx+c$

$5 y = 2 x - 10$ $5y=2x-10$

$y = \frac{2}{5} x - 2$ $y=2/5x-2$

y intercept is when $x = 0$ $x=0$

So $y = - 2$ $y=-2$

X intercept is when $y = 0$ $y=0$

$\frac{2}{5} x - 2 = 0$ $2/5x-2=0$

$\frac{2}{5} x = 2$ $2/5x=2$ divide both sides by $\frac{2}{5}$ $2/5$

$x = 5$ $x=5$

How do you find the x and y intercepts for 2x−5y=102x - 5y = 10?