Question

how do you get the x and y intercepts

Answer 1

x intercepts and y intercept it's where the line crosses over the x-axis, y-axis. or if looking at a table x intercept would be, when x is 0 and y is any number.
same as for y intercept. where y is 0. as x any #

Answer 2

to get x intercept, just substitute y=0
and to get the y intercept, just make x=0