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

Answer 1

Julia Adams

There is no x intercept if the line is y only

There is a straight, horizontal line going across the graph at y=-2. Therefore, the y intercept is -2

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Answer 2

Eli Assouline

There is no #x#-intercept.

The #y#-intercept is #(0,-2)#

The line #y=-2# is a horizontal line. It passes through the #y#-axis at #(0,-2)#

The value of #y# stays the same, regardless of which #x#-value is used.

There is no #x#- intercept, because:

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Answer 3

Avery Alexander

To find the x-intercept, set y equal to zero and solve for x. However, in the equation y = -2, y is always equal to -2, meaning there is no value of x for which y equals zero. Therefore, there is no x-intercept.

To find the y-intercept, plug in x = 0 into the equation and solve for y.

y = -2(0) = 0

So, the y-intercept is (0, -2).

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Answer 4

Ethan Adkins

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

For the equation y = -2:

x-intercept: Set y = 0, so -2 = -2. There is no variable x in this equation, which means there is no x-intercept.

y-intercept: Set x = 0, so y = -2. The y-intercept is the point (0, -2).

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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.