How do you graph using the intercepts for $-x-7y=14$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-23T00:36:07

Axis intercept values are when either $x$ or $y$ values are 0.

Because your equation is a linear function, the two intercepts can be calculated as follows:

Sub $x =0$
$-x-7y=14$
$-(0)-7y=14$
$-7y=14$
$y=-2$
$:.x$ -intercept is $y=-2$

Sub $y =0$
$-x-7y=14$
$-x-7(0)=14$
$-x=14$
$:.y$ -intercept is $x=-14$

Having this two points, simply draw a straight line between the intercepts, extrapolate it to infinity and you will get your graph! Hope this helps!

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