Question

Submit a 250 word minimum essay on the steps of solving for both the x and y intercept.

Answer 1

The essay will need to be in your own words of course, but the basic idea is to replace x with 0 and solve for y to get the y intercept. To get the x intercept, replace y with 0 and solve for x.

Here's an example

2x+5y = 10

Let's find the x intercept

2x+5y = 10

2x+5(0) = 10

2x = 10

x = 5 is the x intercept

Now we'll do the y intercept

2x+5y = 10

2(0)+5y = 10

5y = 10

y = 10/5

y = 2 is the y intercept

The x intercept is the location where the graph crosses the x axis. The y intercept is where the graph crosses the y axis.