SOLUTION: Find the y-intercept -x + 3y =15 please help

Question 122166: Find the y-intercept -x + 3y =15
please help
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given equation

Now let's find the y-intercept

To find the y-intercept, let x=0 and solve for y:
Plug in

Simplify

Divide both sides by 3

Reduce

So the y-intercept is

(note: the y-intercept will always have a x-coordinate equal to zero)

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