How do you find the x and y intercepts for y=3x-5?

1 Answer
May 3, 2018

x-intercept=5/3 and y-intercept=-5

Explanation:

Reduce the given equation to x/a+y/b=1 where a and b are x and y intercepts respectively.

Given equation is

rarry=3x-5

rarr3x-y=5

rarr(3x)/5-y/5=1

rarrx/(5/3)+(y/(-5))=1.....[1]

Comparing [1] by x/a+y/b=1 we get a=5/3 and b=-5

So, x-intercept=5/3 and y-intercept=-5