How do you find the x and y intercepts for $y = 5 – 1/2x$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-12-28T09:01:54

$x$ intercept is $10$ and $y$ intercept is $5$ .

$y=5-1/2x$

For $y=0$ ,
$1/2x=5$
$=>x=10$

For $x=0$ ,
$y=5$

Therefore $x$ intercept is $10$ and $y$ intercept is $5$ .

How do you find the x and y intercepts for y = 5 – 1/2xy = 5 – 1/2x?