Question

Can someone please help me with this question?
What would the y-intercept of the equation
y = -(3/4)x be?
I would really like someone to show me how to do this... please

Answer 1

to calculate for the y-intercept of the function, you need to substitute x=0 and plug it into the equation

Answer 2

what will you get if x is 0?

Answer 3

-(3/4)*0= 0? right? @Data_LG2

Answer 4

Yes, the function will pass through the origin.. so the y-int or x-int is (0,0) :)

Answer 5

Things to remember:

If you are looking for the y-int, always sub x=0 into the equation to solve for y. The y-int will be (0,y).

If you are looking for the x-int, always sub y=0 into the equation to solve for x. The x-int will be (x,0)

Hope this helps you in the future ^_^

Answer 6

@Data_LG2
Can I show you my answer to this question? My teacher said I got it incorrect

Answer 7

sure

Answer 8

ok my answer~
The intercept is 0, y=3/4 of 0=0. The line goes through the point (0,0)

Answer 9

Hmm.. Maybe you can just fix the phrasing.
y is not 3/4 when x=0 but you wrote y=3/4 so probably your teacher assumed that your y-intercept is 3/4 not 0

Answer 10

Try saying like this: The y-intercept is at origin (0,0) since graph will pass the y-axis at this point.

Answer 11

ok I will thank you soo much for helping!!

Answer 12

no problem, see you around :)