How do you find the x and y intercept of 6x+8y=−2?

1 Answer
Deepak G.
Jul 28, 2016

x-intecept is x=−13
y-intecept is y=−14

Explanation:

6x+8y=−2
x-intecept is when y=0
So putting y=0 in the above equation we get
6x+8(0)=−2
or
6x+0=−2
or
6x=−2
or
x=−26
or
x=−13

y-intecept is when x=0
So putting x=0 in the above equation 6x+8y=−2
we get
6(0)+8y=−2
or
0+8y=−2
or
8y=−2
or
y=−28
or
y=−14

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