How do you find the x and y intercepts for $3x + 6y = 18$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-04T23:40:35

Set $x=0$ and solve to find $y$ intercept $y = 3$
Set $y=0$ and solve to find $x$ intercept $x = 6$

The $y$ axis is where $x=0$ , so to find the $y$ intercept, let $x=0$ and solve:

$0 + 6y=18$

Dividing both sides by $6$ we find $y=3$

The $x$ axis is where $y=0$ , so to find the $x$ intercept, let $y=0$ and solve:

$3x+0=18$

Dividing both sides by $3$ we find $x=6$

How do you find the x and y intercepts for 3x + 6y = 183x + 6y = 18?