What did I learn this week?

This week I learned how to find the x and y-intercepts.

For example, we have to find the y-intercept of this equation: 2y + 3x – 12 = 0….. First we replace x with 0 and multiply 3 by 0. Then we are just left with 2y – 12 = 0. We move the -12 to the other side and it will turn into +12. The equation will now look like this: 2y = 0 + 12. After that, we have to simply, so it will look like this: 2y/2 = 12/2. Once it is divided the final answer will be y=6.

The next equation will be to find the x-intercept.

For example, this is the equation: y = 2x – 8… First we make it y(0) and then the equation will simply look like this.. 2x = 8. Then we simply both of the numbers by 2 because we use the number beside the x. Then it will be 2x/2 = 8/2. The final answer is x=4.