Posted by Kara on Sunday, August 28, 2011 at 5:56pm.
The x-intercept is the value of x when y=0.
Thus, x-intercept is obtained by solving:
0=-2x+8, or x=4
Similarly, the y-intercept can be obtained from
y=-2(0)+8, or y=8
So the intercepts are (4,0),(0,8).
The equation can also be written in the intercept form:
x/4 + y/8 = 1
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