Question

22. What is the y-intercept for the equation 5x – 2y = ?

Answer 1

To find the y intercept we need to solve the equation for y:

`\begin{gathered} 5x-2y=-4 \\ 5x+4=2y \\ y=(5)/(2)x+2 \end{gathered}`

comparing with the equation:

`y=mx+b`

where m is the slope and b is the y intercept; we conclude that the y intercept of our equation is 2