How do you find the x and y intercept given #y=4x-14#?

1 Answer
Apr 14, 2018

#"x-intercept "=7/2," y-intercept "=-14#

Explanation:

#"to find the intercepts, that is where the graph crosses"#
#"the x and y axes"#

#• " let x = 0, in the equation for y-intercept"#

#• " let y = 0, in the equation for x-intercept"#

#x=0rArry=0-14=-14larrcolor(red)"y-intercept"#

#y=0rArr4x-14=0rArrx=7/2larrcolor(red)"x-intercept"#