What are the intercepts of $-x-3y=6$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-02T06:53:05

$(-6,0)$ is your x-intercept
$(0,-2)$ is your y-intercept

To find the x-intercepts, let $y=0$

$-x-3y=6$
$-x-0=6$
$-x=6$
$x=-6$

$(-6,0)$

To find the y-intercepts, let $x=0$
$-x-3y=6$
$-0-3y=6$
$-3y=6$
$y=-2$

$(0,-2)$

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