Question

How do you find the x and y intercept of `4x + y = – 8`?

Answer 1

`-2 and -8, resp.`

Explanation:

We recall that, when an eqn. of a line is in the form `: x/a+y/b=1`,

known as Intercept Form of Line, `a` is the `X`-intercpt, and,

`b`, the `Y`-intercept.

We rewrite `: 4x+y=-8` by dividing throught by `-8` to get,

`x/-2+y/-8=1`, giving the intercepts as readily obtained by, Justin Y. , Sir!