What are the intercepts of $y = 3 x + 5$ $y = 3x + 5$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-22T15:49:49

x-int = $- \frac{5}{3}$ $-5/3$

y-int = 5

That is the equation of a line in slope intercept form:

$y = m x + b$ $y=mx+b$

m=slope
b=y-intercept

so y-int = 5

set y = 0 to find the x-intercept:

$y = 3 x + 5$ $y = 3x + 5$

$0 = 3 x + 5$ $0 = 3x + 5$

$x = - \frac{5}{3}$ $x=-5/3$

x-int = $- \frac{5}{3}$ $-5/3$

What are the intercepts of y = 3x + 5y=3x+5y = 3x + 5?