What are the intercepts of $5x-5y=-7$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-12-31T01:23:24

First, convert to slope intercept form

y = x + $7/5$

The Y intercept is at (0, $7/5$ )

In order to find the X intercept plug in 0 for y into the original equation.

5x - 5(0) = -7

x = $-7/5$

The X intercept is at ( $-7/5$ ,0)

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