SOLUTION: Find the x-intercept and y-intercept of 7x+2y=13

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Question 608284: Find the x-intercept and y-intercept of 7x+2y=13
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Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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Find the x-intercept and y-intercept of 7x+2y=13
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x-intercept ?
Let y = 0; then x = 13/7
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y-intercept ?
Let x = 0; then y = 13/2
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Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Substitute 0 for then calculate the value of that results. Say that value is , then the -intercept is the point

Substitute 0 for then calculate the value of that results. Say that value is , then the -intercept is the point

The values and will be ugly mixed number fractions in this problem.

John

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