How do you find the x and y intercept of $y = 7x + 3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-14T10:18:57

Intercepts are: $x = -3/7 and y = 3$

As long as an equation of a straight line is in the form $y = mx +c$ , the y-intercept is obtained immediately from 'c'.

To find the y-intercept, make $x = 0$
To find the x-intercept, make $y=0$

If $x=0:" " y = 7(0) +3 " "rArr y = 3$

If $y =0:" " 0 = 7x+3$
$" "7x = -3 " "rArr x = -3/7$

How do you find the x and y intercept of y = 7x + 3y = 7x + 3?