How do you find the intercepts for $-7x + 2y = 14$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-10-31T01:38:13

y-intercept = 7, x-intercept = -2

y-intercept is the point on the graph of y against x where x = 0. Substituting x = 0 gives 2y = 14, y = 7.

Similarly for the x-intercept, the y-coordinate must be 0. Substituting y = 0 gives -7x = 14, x = -2.

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