Question

Find the x and y intercepts of the line with the equation -4x - 2y = 16

Answer 1

x-intercept is when y = 0
y-intercept is when x = 0

Answer 2

so easy in std form. cover up the x term and solve the resulting equation to get the y intercept.

back to the original equation... now cover up the y term and solve the resulting equation to get the x intercept.

Answer 3

does that help?