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

1 Answer
Jul 31, 2016

-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!