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

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-20T02:46:43

y-intercept $(0,-6)$
x-intercept $(-6,0)$

Given -

$-x-y=6$

To find the y-intercept, put $x=0$

$-(0)-y=6$
$y=-6$
$(0, -6)$

To find the x-intercept put $y=0$

$-x-(0)=6$
$-x=6$
$x=-6$

$(-6, 0)$

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