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The equation of a line is −6x−2y=−18.

What is the x-intercept of the line?


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The x intercept should be 3
User Mohd Waseem
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The equation of the line is -6x - 2y = -18.

At the x-intercept, the value of y is zero.
Therefore
-6x - 2(0) = -18
-6x = -18
x = -18/(-6) = 3

Answer: 3.
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