SOLUTION: What is the y intercept for -6x

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Question 1024660: What is the y intercept for -6x - 6y = -6
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source):
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you solve for the y-intercept by setting the value of x to 0.

your equation is -6x - 6y = -6.

when x = 0, this equation becomes -6y = -6.

solve for y to get y = 1.

that's your y-intercept.

to graph this equaiton, solve for y as shown below:

start with -6x - 6y = -6

add 6x to both sides to get -6y = 6x - 6

divide both sides by -6 to get y = -x + 1.

the graph of the equation is shown below:

from the graph, you can also see that the x-intercept is also equal to 1.

to solve for the x-intercept set the value of y equal to 0.

when y = 0, the original equation becomes -6x = -6

solve for x to get x = 1.

in this equation, you have a y-intercept of y = 1 and an x-intercept of x = 1.

the coordinates of the y-intercept are (0,1).

the coordinates of the x-intercept are (1,0).

SOLUTION: What is the y intercept for -6x - 6y = -6