Question

Determine the intercepts of the line.
y= -7x +3

Answer 1

The y intercept: (0,3)

The x intercept: (3/7,0)

Explanation:

Replace the variable of x or y with 0 depending on what variable you want to find. For the y intercept, replace x with 0 and for the x intercept, replace y with 0. If you were to do this, you would get the following equations:

0 = -7x + 3

7x = 3

x = 3/7

y = -7(0) + 3

y = 0 + 3

y = 3

Therefore, the x intercept is (3/7 , 0) and the y intercept is (0,3)