How do you find the intercepts for $4x-3y=24$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-06-11T12:21:30

The intercepts are when $x=0ory=0$

$y$ -intercept ( $x=0$ ):
$4*0-3y=24->y=24/(-3)=-8->(0,-8)$

$x$ -intercept ( $y=0$ ):
$4x-3*0=24->x=24/4=6->(6,0)$

How do you find the intercepts for 4x-3y=244x-3y=24?