SOLUTION: Find both the x-intercept and the y-intercept of the line given by the equation 8x -4y -9 = 0

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Question 206273: Find both the x-intercept and the y-intercept of the line given by the equation
8x -4y -9 = 0
Answer by Targetweek(62) About Me  (Show Source):
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First get x and y on the same side
- 8x-4y-9+=+0
- 8x-4y+=+9
Solved by pluggable solver: DESCRIBE a linear EQUATION: slope, intercepts, etc
Equation 8+x+%2B+-4+y+=+9 describes a sloping line. For any
equation ax+by+c = 0, slope is -a%2Fb+=+-8%2F-4.
  • X intercept is found by setting y to 0: ax+by=c becomes ax=c. that means that x = c/a. 9/8 = 1.125.
  • Y intercept is found by setting x to 0: the equation becomes by=c, and therefore y = c/b. Y intercept is 9/-4 = -2.25.
  • Slope is -8/-4 = 2.
  • Equation in slope-intercept form: y=2*x+-2.25.
graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+1.125-8%2C+1.125%2B8%2C+-2.25-8%2C+-2.25%2B8%2C+2%2Ax%2B-2.25+%29+

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