SOLUTION: I keep getting different answers, either 0 and -6, or -6 and 0 What am I doing wrong? Find the coordinates of the x-intercept. -x

SOLUTION: I keep getting different answers, either 0 and -6, or -6 and 0 What am I doing wrong? Find the coordinates of the x-intercept. -x - 2y = 6 Please help, Ellen

Question 148817: I keep getting different answers, either 0 and -6, or -6 and 0
What am I doing wrong?

Find the coordinates of the x-intercept. -x - 2y = 6
Please help,
Ellen
Found 2 solutions by nerdybill, mangopeeler07:
Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Ellen,
What was the "equation", "graph", or problem? We need to see that.
Based on your "subject" reference to "coordinate system", I assume you have a graph.
To find the "intercept", simply look along the y-axis. Wherever the line crosses it, that will be your y-intercept. AND, the coordinates for x HAS to be 0. Therefore, I would suspect that your coordinates are (0,-6)
Regards,
Bill
Answer by mangopeeler07(462) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you want the x-intercept, you would want y to be zero (since the x-intercept is whatever x is when y is zero). So whichever coordinates in the graph that have y as zero would be x-intercepts. Therefore, your x-intercept would be (-6,0)
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