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How do you find the intercepts of #5x - 3y = 15#?

Answer 1

Savannah Anderson

3 and 5

putting #x=0# we get y - intercept ie. #5xx0-3y=15=>y=-5# putting #y=0# we get x - intercept ie. #5x-3xx0=15=>x=3#

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Answer 2

Nathan Axel

To find the intercepts of the equation 5x - 3y = 15, you can set each variable to zero one at a time and solve for the other variable:

To find the x-intercept, set y to zero and solve for x: 5x - 3(0) = 15 5x = 15 x = 15 / 5 x = 3

So, the x-intercept is (3, 0).

To find the y-intercept, set x to zero and solve for y: 5(0) - 3y = 15 -3y = 15 y = 15 / -3 y = -5

So, the y-intercept is (0, -5).

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.