How do you find the x and y intercept given $y = 3x + 5$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-10T14:33:08

$y=5 and x=-5/3$

To find x-intercept, the y value must equal to zero.
Hence,

$y=3x+5$

$0=3x+5$

$-5=3x$

$-5/3=x$

Now to find y-intercept, the x value must equal to zero.
So,
$y=3x+5$

$y=3(0)+5$

$y=5$

How do you find the x and y intercept given y = 3x + 5y = 3x + 5?