What are the intercepts of $x-5y=-12$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-05T09:45:06

$(-12,0)$ is your x-intercept
$(0,12/5)$ is your y-intercept

For x-intercept, let $y=0$

ie $x-5y=-12$
$x-5(0)=-12$
$x=-12$
$(-12,0)$ is your x-intercept

For y-intercept, let $x=0$

ie $x-5y=-12$
$0-5y=-12$
$y=12/5$
$(0,12/5)$ is your y-intercept

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