Question

How do you find the x and y intercepts for `2x+y=1`?

Answer 1

The x intercept is when `y = 0` and the y intercept is when `x = 0`

Explanation:

x-intercept: `2x +0 = 1`
`x = 1/2` => x intercept is `(1/2,0)`
y-intercept: `2*0 +y = 1`
y intercept is `(0, 1)`