How do you find the x and y intercepts for x + 2y=3?

1 Answer
Dec 19, 2015

x intercept is 3 and y intercept is 3/2

Explanation:

x+2y=3

For y=0,
color(white)(xx)x=3

For x=0,
color(white)(xx)2y=3
=>color(red)(1/2xx)2y=color(red)(1/2xx)3
=>y=3/2

Therefore, x intercept is 3 and y intercept is 3/2:
graph{(3-x)/2 [-10, 10, -5, 5]}