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

1 Answer
Nov 7, 2015

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

Explanation:

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