What are the intercepts of #-6y-2x=5#?
2 Answers
Explanation:
Solve the equation for y:
Set the equation equal to zero in order to find the y values that are 0 which are the intercepts
In order to get a fraction equal to 0, only the numerator needs to equal 0 so we can ignore the denominator
Intercept at
Finding the X-intercept:
Plug
What this does, in effect, is causes the
Thus, if
Finding the Y-intercept:
Similar to the previous example, plug in
Which gives us a
A graph of the line can help to confirm your answers:
graph{-(2x+5)/6 [-10, 10, -5, 5]}
The point where the line crosses the
The