How do you find the x and y intercepts for $5x - 2y = 20$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-11-18T01:40:51

Use $x=0$ and $y=0$ in turns

$x=0, y$ -intercept
$5*0-2y=20->y=-10->(0,-10)$

$y=0, x$ -intercept
$5x-2*0=20->x=4->(4,0)$

How do you find the x and y intercepts for 5x - 2y = 205x - 2y = 20?