SOLUTION: Find any intercepts for the graph of the equation and then graph the linear equation:-8x+7y=-56,

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Question 1013146: Find any intercepts for the graph of the equation and then graph the linear equation:-8x+7y=-56,
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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We find intercepts by knowing a variable is zero when it crosses the other axis...I teach my students to put their hand over the x-term to find the y-intercept...here that would give y = -8 (which means (0, -8))...do the same with the y-term and get x = 7 (which means (7,0))...