SOLUTION: Find both the x-intercept and the y-intercept of the line given by the equation 8x -4y -9 = 0

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Question 206273: Find both the x-intercept and the y-intercept of the line given by the equation
8x -4y -9 = 0
Answer by Targetweek(62)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First get x and y on the same side
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Solved by pluggable solver: DESCRIBE a linear EQUATION: slope, intercepts, etc
Equation describes a sloping line. For any
equation ax+by+c = 0, slope is .
  • X intercept is found by setting y to 0: ax+by=c becomes ax=c. that means that x = c/a. 9/8 = 1.125.
  • Y intercept is found by setting x to 0: the equation becomes by=c, and therefore y = c/b. Y intercept is 9/-4 = -2.25.
  • Slope is -8/-4 = 2.
  • Equation in slope-intercept form: y=2*x+-2.25.

Tht should solve your problem
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