SOLUTION: Find the y-intercept for x + y = 5

SOLUTION: Find the y-intercept for x + y = 5

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Question 423320: Find the y-intercept for x + y = 5
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
To find the y-intercept, plug in and solve for y

Start with the given equation.

Plug in .

Simplify.

So the y-intercept is

.

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