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| Question 519262:  Hi, I am working on a practice test and I am stuck on part of this problem:
 I have to find the x and y intercepts of x^2+4x+y^2-2y=0
 I usually know how to find the x and y int. but I'm not sure how to when there are both x and x^2 or y and y^2 values.
 Please help me find the intercepts.
 Thank you.
 
 Answer by stanbon(75887)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! find the x and y intercepts of x^2+4x+y^2-2y=0 ---
 x-intercepts ???
 Let y = 0 to get:
 x^2+4x = 0
 x(x+4) = 0
 x = 0 or x = -4
 The x-intercepts are (0,0) and (-4,0)
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 y-intercepts ???
 Let x = 0 to get:
 y^2-2y = 0
 y(y-2) = 0
 y = 0 or y = 2
 The y-intercepts are (0,0) and (0,2)
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 Cheers,
 Stan H.
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