Question

Find the x-intercept of the line whose equation is 8x + 2y = 4.

Answer 1

(0.5 , 0) or (1/2 , 0)

Explanation:

Any x-intercept must be at (x,0), so we substitute y=0 into the equation.

8x + 2(0) = 4

8x = 4

x = 1/2 = 0.5

Therefore, the x-intercept is at (0.5 , 0) or (1/2 , 0)

Answer 2

Answer: (I am copying and pasting my answer from the same question you did before in case you are waiting for an answer on this instead.)

1/2

Explanation:

To find the x-int of any equation, you will need to replace the y with a 0 since when the x-int is when y is 0.

8x+2y = 4 ➨ 8x+2*0 = 4

Now I will do 2*0 which anything times 0 is equal to 0. And we are left with the equation of:

8x = 4

Now I will divide both sides by 8, which isolates our x.

x = 1/2

The x-int is 1/2.