How do you find the intercepts for #-2y + 16x = -4#?

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Answer 1 · 2015-11-07T23:55:07

y-intercept = 2
x-intercept = -1/4

Plug zero into x and y, respectively.

let #x = 0#

#−2y+16(0)=−4#

#−2y=−4#

#y=2# This is the y-intercept

Now let #y = 0#

#−2(0)+16x=−4#

#16x=−4#

#x=-1/4# This is the x-intercept