Question

How do I find the y intercept of this rational function?

Answer 1

\[\frac{ 2 }{ x^2-2x-3 }\]

Answer 2

Do I first set it equal to zero?

Answer 3

Or would that give me the x intercept

Answer 4

I think it's -.677777

Answer 5

I can graph it of course but how do I get it algebraically.

Answer 6

setting y to zero finds x intercepts
setting x to zero finds y intercepts