How do you find the x and y intercept of $4x+y=4$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-04-26T17:14:02

See the solution process below:

y-intercept:

Substitute $0$ for $x$ and solve for $y$ :

$4x + y = 4$ becomes:

$(4 * 0) + y = 4$

$0 + y = 4$

$y = 4$

The y-intercept is $4$ or $(0, 4)$

x-intercept:

Substitute $0$ for $y$ and solve for $x$ :

$4x + y = 4$ becomes:

$4x + 0 = 4$

$4x = 4$

$(4x)/color(red)(4) = 4/color(red)(4)$

$(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(4)))x)/cancel(color(red)(4)) = 1$

$x = 1$

The x-intercept is $1$ or $(1, 0)$

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