How do you find the intercepts for y=x6?

1 Answer
Jun 27, 2015

The x-intercept is 6
The y-intercept is -6

Explanation:

The x-intercept is the value of x at the point where the line of the equation crosses the x-axis. Another way of saying this is that it is the value of x when y=0 (since y=0 is the equation of the x-axis).
For the equation:
XXXXy=x6
setting y=0
gives
XXXX0=x6
or
XXXXx=6

Similarly the y-intercept is the value of y from the equation when x=0
XXXXy=x6
becomes
XXXXy=06
or
XXXXy=6