SOLUTION: Find the x- and y-intercepts and graph the equation plotting the intercepts. Please show all of your work. -3x-4y=18

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Question 449230: Find the x- and y-intercepts and graph the equation plotting the intercepts. Please show all of your work. -3x-4y=18
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Find the x- and y-intercepts and graph the equation plotting the intercepts

-3x-4y=18

  0 - 4y = 18 y = -18/4 = -9/2 (0,-4.5)

-3x-0= 18     x = -6            (-6,0)





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