SOLUTION: find the y intercept on a graph when y= 6x...doesnt this mean that you make x zero so y would equal 6times zero which is zero and therefore y would equal 0?if i graph it are both p
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Question 986560: find the y intercept on a graph when y= 6x...doesnt this mean that you make x zero so y would equal 6times zero which is zero and therefore y would equal 0?if i graph it are both points zero
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Exactly. Any equation of the form 
(note the absence of a 
) passes through the origin because whenever 
, 
You can also look at it this way. If you have 
, then the 
-coordinate of the -intercept is , hence the -intercept is the point )
. Now, if 
, what do you have?
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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