Question

What are the intercepts of `y=2x-5`?

Answer 1

For the intercepts you set `x=0` and `y=0` in turns.

Explanation:

`x=0` gives the `y`-intercept:
`y=2*0-5=-5->(0,-5)`

`y=0` gives the `x`-intercept:
`0=2x-5->2x=5->x=2 1/2->(2 1/2,0)`
graph{2x-5 [-4.17, 15.83, -6.56, 3.44]}