What are the intercepts of $4x-3y=-17$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-14T12:42:54

$color(violet)("x-intercept " = -17/4, color(purple)(" y-intercept " = 17/3$

$4x - 3y = -17$

When x = 0, $-3y = -17 " or " y = 17/3$

$:. color(violet)("y-intercept " = 17/3$

Similarly, When y = 0, $4x = -17 " or " x = -17/4$

$:. color(violet)("x-intercept " = -17/4$

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