How do you find the x and y intercepts for $x + 2y = 4$ ?

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How do you find the x and y intercepts for $x + 2y = 4$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-11T15:37:29

Substitute in zero for x and then for y.

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The x intercept occurs when $y=0$ and the y intercept occurs when $x=0$
Therefore the x-intercept can be found from $x +2*0 = 4$
$x=4$
The y-intercept is found from $0 + 2y = 4$
$y=2$
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