Question

Find the x- and y- intercepts for the graph of the following equation.
5x + 6y = 120

Answer 1

You find the x-intercept by setting y = 0.
Similarly for y-intercept, you set x = 0.

Solve for the variables then.

Answer 2

5x + 6y = 120
for finding x intercept we put y = 0
5x + 6*0 = 120
5x = 120
x = 120/5 = 24
so (24, 0) is the x intercept

Similarly for y intercept we p[ut x = 0
5*0 + 6y = 120
6y = 120
y = 120/6 = 20
so y intercept is (0, 20)