What is the y-intercept of the line with equation $x/3-y/2=1$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-10T04:54:36

x-intercept $(3, 0)$
y-intercept $(0,-2)$

Given -

$x/3-y/2=1$

The equation is in the intercept form.

$x/a+y/b=1$

Where -

$a$ is x-intercept
$b$ is y-intercept

Accordingly -

$a=3$
$b=-2$

x-intercept $(3, 0)$
y-intercept $(0,-2)$

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What is the y-intercept of the line with equation x/3-y/2=1x/3-y/2=1?