document.write( "Question 986560: find the y intercept on a graph when y= 6x...doesnt this mean that you make x zero so y would equal 6times zero which is zero and therefore y would equal 0?if i graph it are both points zero \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Exactly. Any equation of the form

(note the absence of a

) passes through the origin because whenever

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You can also look at it this way. If you have

, then the

-coordinate of the

-intercept is

, hence the

-intercept is the point

. Now, if

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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it\r
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