Question

What are the x-intercept and the y-intercept of the graph of y=−12x−5y=−12x−5 ? Enter your answers in the boxes. x-intercept: y-intercept:

Answer 1

To answer this question, I assume that the equation is y = -12x - 5. The x -intercept of the equation is obtained by setting y equal to zero.
0 = -12x - 5
Thus, x = -5/12.
Then, for the y-intercept, let x be equal to zero.
y = -12(0) - 5 = -5

Thus, the x and y - intercepts are -5/12 and -5, respectively.