How do you find the x and y intercept for $y=2x+3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2014-11-05T16:57:45

To find the $y$ -intercept, set $x=0$ .

$y=2(0)+3=3$ .

So, the $y$ -intercept is $3$ .

To find the $x$ -intercept, set $y=0$ .

$0=2x+3$

by subtracting $2x$

$=> -2x=3$

by dividing by $-2$ ,

$=> x=-3/2$ .

So, the $x$ -intercept is $-3/2$ .

I hope that this was helpful.

How do you find the x and y intercept for y=2x+3y=2x+3?