How do you find the x and y intercept of $y=-3x-5$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-07-04T12:08:11

Use $x=0$ and $y=0$

$x-$ intercept ( $y=0$ ):
$0=-3x-5->3x=-5->x=-3/5->(-3/5,0)$

$y-$ intercept ( $x=0$ ):
$y=-3*0-5->y=-5->(0,-5)$
graph{-3x-5 [-7.86, 7.944, -6.59, 1.31]}

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