SOLUTION: 5. Which of the following choices gives the x-intercept and y-intercept of the linear equation below? −x + 2y = 6 A. x-intercept = 3 y-intercept = −6 B. x-intercep

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Question 1001757: 5. Which of the following choices gives the x-intercept and y-intercept of the linear equation below?
−x + 2y = 6
A. x-intercept = 3
y-intercept = −6
B. x-intercept = 0
y-intercept = 0
C. x-intercept = 6
y-intercept = 3
D. x-intercept = −6
y-intercept = 3
E. none of the above
Please explain how you came to answer.

Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let x=0 and 2y=6, y=3. (0,3) is a point, and that is a y-intercept.
y=0 and -x=6, x=-6, so (-6,0) is a point and that is an x-intercept. D IS ANSWER.

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