What are the intercepts for 2x-y=1?

2 Answers
Mar 25, 2018

(0.5, 0) and (0, -1)
graph{2x-y=1 [-10, 10, -5, 5]}

Explanation:

I would always recommend sketching the graph yourelf if you can.

If you can't plot the graph yourself, substitute x=0 and y=0 into your equation to find the value of the other variable at that point.
(because graph intercepts y-axis when x=0 and x-axis when y=0).

At y=0, 2x-0=1, which rearranges to x=0.5, by dividing both sides by 2. Hence intercept 1 is (0.5, 0)

At x=0, 2(0)-y=1, which rearranges to y=-1 by multiplying both sides by -1. Hence, intercept 2 is (0, -1)

Hope this helps!

Mar 25, 2018

"x-intercept "=1/2," y-intercept "=-1

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=0rArr0-y=1rArry=-1larrcolor(red)"y-intercept"

y=0rArr2x-0=1rArrx=1/2larrcolor(red)"x-intercept"
graph{(y-2x+1)((x-1/2)^2+(y-0)^2-0.04)((x-0)^2+(y+1)^2-0.04)=0 [-10, 10, -5, 5]}