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You have the following equation of a line:

-2x + y = -2

In order to find the y and x intercept, you first solve the previous equation for y, just as follow:

-2x + y = -2 add 2x both sides (to cancel out -2x left side)

y = 2x - 2

The previous expression has the form y = mx + b, where m is the slope of the line and b is the y-intercept.

Then, you have that the y intercept is y = -2

To obtain the x intercept make y equal to zero and solve for x, just as follow:

0 = 2x - 2 add 2 both sdies

2 = 2x divide by 2 both sides

2/2 = x

1 = x

Then, the x intercept is x = 1

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