Science

Math

Humanities

... and beyond

Socratic Meta
Featured Answers

Topics

What are the intercepts of $-5y+3x=1$ ?

1 Answer

Nov 21, 2015

Y-intercept

$y =(-1)/5$

X-intercept

$x=1/3$

Explanation:

Given -

$-5y+3x=1$

To find y-intercept put $x=0$

$-5y+3(0)=1$
$y =(-1)/5$

To find x-intercept put $y=0$

$-5(0)+3x=1$
$x=1/3$

Related questions

See all questions in Intercepts and the Cover-Up Method

Impact of this question

2037 views around the world

You can reuse this answer
Creative Commons License