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How do you find the intercepts for $- x + y = 3$ $-x+y=3$ ?

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Nov 4, 2016

x-intercept: $(- 3)$ $(-3)$
y-intercept: $3$ $3$

Explanation:

The x-intercept is the value of $x$ $x$ when $y = 0$ $y=0$

Replacing $y$ $y$ with $0$ $0$ in $- x + y = 3$ $-x+y=3$ gives
$XXX - x + 0 = 3$ $color(white)("XXX")-x+0=3$

$XXX - x = 3$ $color(white)("XXX")-x=3$

$XXX x = - 3$ $color(white)("XXX")x=-3$

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The y-intercept is the value of $y$ $y$ when $x = 0$ $x=0$

Replacing $x$ $x$ with $0$ $0$ in $- x + y = 3$ $-x+y=3$ gives
$XXX - 0 + y = 3$ $color(white)("XXX")-0+y=3$

$XXX y = 3$ $color(white)("XXX")y=3$

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