What are the intercepts of the line $y = 5 x - 10$ $y = 5x - 10$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-25T04:20:26

The $x$ $x$ -intercept is at $(2, 0)$ $(2, 0)$ and the $y$ $y$ -intercept is at $(0, - 10)$ $(0, -10)$ .

To find the $x$ $x$ -intercept, plug in $0$ $0$ for $y$ $y$ :
$0 = 5 x - 10$ $0 = 5x - 10$

Solve for $x$ $x$ . Add $10$ $color(blue)10$ to both sides:
$10 = 5 x$ $10 = 5x$

Divide both sides by $5$ $color(blue)5$ :
$\frac{10}{5} = \frac{5 x}{5}$ $10/color(blue)5 = (5x)/color(blue)5$

$2 = x$ $2 = x$

Therefore,
$x = 2$ $x = 2$

The $x$ $x$ -intercept is at $(2, 0)$ $(2, 0)$ .

To find the $y$ $y$ -intercept, plug in $0$ $0$ for $x$ $x$ :
$y = 5 (0) - 10$ $y = 5(0) - 10$

Solve for $y$ $y$ . Simplify:
$y = 0 - 10$ $y = 0 - 10$

$y = - 10$ $y = -10$

The $y$ $y$ -intercept is at $(0, - 10)$ $(0, -10)$ .

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What are the intercepts of the line y=5x−10y = 5x - 10?