Question

A softball team is selling 200lbs of fruit to raise money. The fruit is sold in bags, either 10lbs (x) or 5lbs (y) the equation to represent the situation is: 10x+5y=200

Find the x-intercept of this equation


Find the y intercept of this equation

Answer 1

x-intercept = (20,0)

y-intercept = (0,40)

Explanation:

To find x-intercept:

Input 0 for all y-values:

10x + 5y = 200

10x + 5(0) = 200

10x + 0 = 200

10x = 200

x = 200/10

x = 20

Coordinate (20,0)

To Find y-intercept:

Input 0 for all x-values:

10x + 5y = 200

10(0) = 5y = 200

0 + 5y = 200

5y = 200

y = 200/5

y = 40

Coordinate (0,40)

What are x and y intercepts?

y-intercept: the place where the line in the graph hits the y-axis.

This also means when the x-value = 0

x-intercept: the place where the line in the graph hits the x-axis.

This also means when the y-value = 0

-Chetan K