What are the intercepts of $-8x-y=-17$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-02T04:26:39

X-intercept = ( $17/8$ , 0) and Y-intercept = (0, 17)

The X-intercept is when Y = 0, so plug in the number 0 for Y to get
-8x - 0 = -17

Simplify to get
-8x = -17

Divide both sides by -8 and you get

x = $17/8$

Then write as a coordinate, ( $17/8$ , 0)

For the Y-intercept, X = 0, so plug in the number 0 for X to get.
-y =-17

Divide both sides by -1 to get
y = 17

Then write as a coordinate, (0, 17)

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