Intercepts and the Cover-Up Method
Key Questions
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Answer:
color(blue)("Horizontal line " x = a color(purple)("Vertical line " y = b Explanation:
Refer table above.
"Equation of a line in" color(red)("Intercept Form") "is given by" x / a + y / b = 1, " where a in x-intercept and b the y-intercept" For a horizontal line, y = 0 or y/b = 0 and the equation becomes,
x / a = 1 " or " x = a Similarly, for a vertical line, x = 0 or x / a = 0 and the equation becomes,
y / b = 1 " or " y = b -
I suppose that "cover-up" is a friendlier term for "setting a variable equal to zero," so if you are looking for the
x -intercept of a line, then sety equal to zero, and fory -intercept, setx -equal to zero.
Example
Let us find the
x,y -intercepts of the line2x+3y=12 .To find the
x -intercept, sety=0 .=> 2x+3(0)=12 => 2x=12 => x=6 So, the
x -intercept is6 .To find the
y -intercept, setx=0 .=> 2(0)+3y=12 => 3y=12 => y=4 So, the
y -intercept is4 .
I hope that this was helpful.
Questions
Graphs of Linear Equations and Functions
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Graphs in the Coordinate Plane
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Graphs of Linear Equations
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Horizontal and Vertical Line Graphs
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Applications of Linear Graphs
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Intercepts by Substitution
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Intercepts and the Cover-Up Method
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Slope
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Rates of Change
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Slope-Intercept Form
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Graphs Using Slope-Intercept Form
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Direct Variation
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Applications Using Direct Variation
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Function Notation and Linear Functions
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Graphs of Linear Functions
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Problem Solving with Linear Graphs