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

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Dec 28, 2015

$x$ intercept is $-2$ and $y$ intercept is $2$ .

Explanation:

$color(white)xxy=x+2$

For $y=0$ ,
$color(white)xxx+2=0$
$=>x+2color(red)(-2)=0color(red)(-2)$
$=>x=-2$

For $x=0$ ,
$color(white)xxy=0+2$
$=>y=2$

$x$ intercept is $-2$ and $y$ intercept is $2$ .

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