How to find the x and y-intercept given y= 4x-2?

1 Answer
May 9, 2015

I_x ={x-intercept}={(1/2,0)}
I_y ={y-intercept}={(0,-2)}

The intercepts are made combining the equation of the two functions together

So, you know the equation of the x axis is y=0, and the equation of the y axis is x=0)
I_x={y=4x-2 & y=0},I_y={y=4x-2 & x=0}
so

I_x={(x,0) : 4x-2=0}={(1/2,0)}
I_y={(0,y):y=4*0-2}={(0,-2)}

graph{4x-2 [-10, 10, -5, 5]}