What are the intercepts of $3x-5y=25$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-04T10:59:48

$x- "intercept" = 25/3$
$y- "intercept" = -5$

$3x-5y=25$

For finding $x$ -intercept , put $y=0$ .

$=> 3x -5(0)=25$

$=> 3x = 25$

$=> x=25/3$

We got $x$ -intercept $=25/3$ .

For finding $y$ -intercept , put $x=0$ .

$=> 3(0)-5y=25$

$=> -5y=25$

$=> y=-5$

We got $y$ -intercept $=-5$ .

What are the intercepts of 3x-5y=253x-5y=25?