How do you find the x and y intercepts of #2x-y=10#?

Answer 1

#x=5 and y=-10#
graph{2x-10 [-5, 10, -15, 5]}
(the graph has been scaled to show the intercepts and does not accurately depict the slope)

Put the equation into double-intercept form. #(x/a)+(y/b)=1# where #a# is the x-intercept and #b# is the y-intercept

Original equation: #2x-y=10# Divide all parts by 10: #((2x)/10)+((-1y)/10)=(10/10)#

And here is the finished product! #(x/5)+(y/-10)=1#

So the answer is... #x=5 and y=-10#

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Answer 2

Savannah Anderson

To find the x-intercept, set y to 0 and solve for x. To find the y-intercept, set x to 0 and solve for y.

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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.