How do you find the intercepts for $y = x - 6$ ?

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How do you find the intercepts for $y = x - 6$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-06-27T14:15:05

The x-intercept is 6
The y-intercept is -6

Explanation:

The x-intercept is the value of $x$ at the point where the line of the equation crosses the x-axis. Another way of saying this is that it is the value of $x$ when $y=0$ (since $y=0$ is the equation of the x-axis).
For the equation:
$color(white)("XXXX")$ $y=x-6$
setting $y=0$
gives
$color(white)("XXXX")$ $0=x-6$
or
$color(white)("XXXX")$ $x=6$

Similarly the y-intercept is the value of $y$ from the equation when $x=0$
$color(white)("XXXX")$ $y=x-6$
becomes
$color(white)("XXXX")$ $y=0-6$
or
$color(white)("XXXX")$ $y=-6$

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