How do you find the intercepts for $2x − y = 8$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-29T08:38:58

$color(blue)(( 0,-8)$

$color(blue)(( 4,0)$

$2x-y=8$

The y axis intercept occurs where $x=0$ :

$2(0)-y=8$

$-y=8$

$y=-8$

Coordinates:

$color(blue)((0,-8)$

The x axis intercept occurs where $y=0$

$2x-(0)=8$

$2x=8$

$x=8/2=4$

Coordinates:

$color(blue)((4,0)$

How do you find the intercepts for 2x − y = 82x − y = 8?