SOLUTION: Find the x and y intercepts of each linear equation. Be sure to write your answers as ordered pairs. y = 3x - 6 6y = -x + 2

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Question 182177: Find the x and y intercepts of each linear equation. Be sure to write your answers as ordered pairs.
y = 3x - 6
6y = -x + 2

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The y-intercept is the point where the graph of the equation intersects the y-axis. Every point on the y-axis has a characteristic in common, namely the x-coordinate is 0. So, all y-intercepts are in the form (0, b) where b is the value of y when x = 0.

Similarly, the x-intercept is an ordered pair of the form (a, 0) where a is the value of x when y = 0.

For example, in your first problem, when x = 0:



Therefore the y-intercept is (0, -6)

You should be able to to the rest.

John