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What are the intercepts of $- 5 y + 3 x = 1$ $-5y+3x=1$ ?

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Nov 21, 2015

Y-intercept

$y = \frac{- 1}{5}$ $y =(-1)/5$

X-intercept

$x = \frac{1}{3}$ $x=1/3$

Explanation:

Given -

$- 5 y + 3 x = 1$ $-5y+3x=1$

To find y-intercept put $x = 0$ $x=0$

$- 5 y + 3 (0) = 1$ $-5y+3(0)=1$
$y = \frac{- 1}{5}$ $y =(-1)/5$

To find x-intercept put $y = 0$ $y=0$

$- 5 (0) + 3 x = 1$ $-5(0)+3x=1$
$x = \frac{1}{3}$ $x=1/3$

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