SOLUTION: how do you find the x and y intercept if you are given two points?

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Question 225419: how do you find the x and y intercept if you are given two points?
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Use the two-point form of the equation of a line to derive the equation for the line.



Where and are the coordinates of the two given points.

Then substitute 0 for in the derived equation and solve for to get the -intercept. Then substitute 0 for in the derived equation and solve for to get the -intercept.

John