What are the intercepts for $x + 4 y = - 8$ $x+4y=-8$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-09-24T17:31:33

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Set $x = 0$ $x=0$ to get: $0 + 4 y = - 8$ $0+4y=-8$ and $y = - \frac{8}{4} = - 2$ $y=-8/4=-2$ . So the y-imtercept will be:
$(0, - 2)$ $(0,-2)$

Set $y = 0$ $y=0$ to get $x + 0 = - 8$ $x+0=-8$ and $x = - 8$ $x=-8$ . So the x-intercept will be:
$(- 8, 0)$ $(-8,0)$

What are the intercepts for x+4y=-8x+4y=−8x+4y=-8?