document.write( "Question 558861: 120x + 60y= 720 what is the x intercept and the y intercept and is this the equation? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #363239 by KMST(5328)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! The x-intercept is the point where the line intersects the x-axis, with y=0. Since we all know that the x-intercept point has y=0, we may not complain if you just give us the answer as \"x= ...\" rather than as the point (x,0). \n" ); document.write( "The y-intercept is the point where the line intersects the y-axis, with x=0. \n" ); document.write( "To find those intercepts just set y to 0 for the x-intercept, and x to 0 for the y-intercept \n" ); document.write( "x-intercept: \n" ); document.write( "120x + 60(0)=720 --> 120x=720 --> x=720/120 --> x=6 or the point (6,0)\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "y-intercept: \n" ); document.write( "120(0) + 60y=720 --> 60y=720 --> y=720/60 --> y=12 or the point (0,12) \n" ); document.write( "NOTE: Your equation was designed to make finding those intercepts really easy. It could get a little more complicated with other line equations \n" ); document.write( " |