How do you find the x and y intercepts for $y = 2x + 3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-11-22T23:45:34

$(-3/2,0)$ and $(0,3)$

Find an $x$ -intercept: Plug in 0 for $y$ .

$0=2x+3$
$-3=2x$
$x=-3/2$ when $y=0$
The $x$ -intercept is $(-3/2,0)$ .

Find a $y$ -intercept: Plug in 0 for $x$ .

$y=2(0)+3$
$y=0+3$
$y=3$ when $x=0$
The $y$ -intercept is $(0,3)$ .

How do you find the x and y intercepts for y = 2x + 3y = 2x + 3?