How do you find the x and y intercepts for $4 x + 2 y = 8$ $4x+2y=8$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-21T11:52:23

Ask what if x is zero and what if y is zero

If x is zero, your function $y = 4$ $y=4$

If y is zero, your function $x = 2$ $x=2$

Your function $2 y = 8 - 4 x$ $2y = 8-4x$

or simply $y = 4 - 2 x$ $y=4-2x$ has the following graph:

graph{4-2x [-10.87, 9.13, -3.12, 6.88]}

How do you find the x and y intercepts for 4x+2y=84x+2y=8?