SOLUTION: how knowing the x- and y-intercept is helpful in graphing a linear equation?

SOLUTION: how knowing the x- and y-intercept is helpful in graphing a linear equation?

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Question 255318: how knowing the x- and y-intercept is helpful in graphing a linear equation?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
you then know where the line crosses the main axes and you have the two points needed to define the line.
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