SOLUTION: One way to remember something is to explain it to another person. Suppose that you are studying this lesson with a friend who thinks that she should let x = 0 to find the x-interce

Question 724873: One way to remember something is to explain it to another person. Suppose that you are studying this lesson with a friend who thinks that she should let x = 0 to find the x-intercept and let y = 0 to find the y-intercept. How would you explain to her how to remember the correct way to find intercepts of a line?
Answer by AnlytcPhil(1806) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

All points on the x-axis are like (2,0), (-4,0), (7,0), etc.
They all have their y-coordinates as 0.  x-intercepts are all
on the x-axis, so to find them, we let y=0.

All points on the y-axis are like (0,3), (0,-5), (0,6), etc.
They all have their x-coordinates as 0.  y-intercepts are all
on the y-axis, so to find them, we let x=0.

Edwin

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