How do you find the x and y intercepts for $y = 7/8x + 10$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-20T17:28:34

when y = 0

$0 = (7/8)x + 10$
$-10 = (7/8)x$
$x = -10(8/7)$
$x = -11 3/7$

when x = 0

$y= 7/8(0) +10$
$y= 10$

This is a linear line graph increasing from left to right because $7/8$ is a positive gradient.

graph{y=7/8x+10 [-10, 10, -5, 5]}

The line will intercept y-axis when the x is 0 and it will intercept x-axis when y = 0.

How do you find the x and y intercepts for y = 7/8x + 10y = 7/8x + 10?