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Example Question #1471 : High School Math
What is the y-intercept of the following line:
?
The y-intercept is precisely the point in which the x-value is
. Thus, we plug in to our equation and solve for .
Thus our intercept is
.Example Question #21 : Intercepts And Curves
What is the
-intercept of the equation?
To find the x-intercept of an equation, set the
value equal to zero and solve for .
Subtract
from both sides.
Divide both sides by
.
Since the x-intercept is a point, we will write our answer in point notation:
.Example Question #22 : Intercepts And Curves
Find the
-intercept of .
Put the equation in slope-intercept form, y = mx + b, where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.
-5y = 3x + 10
y = (-3/5)x + 10/(-5)
Now we can easily see that
is the -intercept.Example Question #21 : Intercepts And Curves
A straight line passes through the points
and .What is the
-intercept of this line?
First calculate the slope:
The standard equation for a line is
.In this equation,
is the slope of the line, and is the -intercept. All points on the line must fit this equation. Plug in either point (1,3) or (2,2).Plugging in (1,3) we get
.Therefore,
.Our equation for the line is now:
To find the
-intercept, we plug in :
Thus, the
-intercept the point (4,0).Example Question #22 : Intercepts And Curves
Calculate the y-intercept of the line depicted by the equation below.
To find the y-intercept, let
equal 0.
We can then solve for the value of
.
The y-intercept will be
.Example Question #23 : Intercepts And Curves
What is the x-intercept of
?
To find the x-intercept, set y equal to zero and solve:
Subtract
from both sides:
Divide both sides by
to isolate x:
Example Question #26 : How To Find X Or Y Intercept
What is the y-intercept of the equation?
To find the y-intercept, we set the
value equal to zero and solve for the value.
Since the y-intercept is a point, we will need to convert our answer to point notation.
Example Question #24 : Intercepts And Curves
What line goes through points
and ?
First, we find the slope between the two points:
and
Plug the slope and one point into the slope-intercept form to calculate the intercept:
Thus the equation between the points becomes
.Example Question #25 : Intercepts And Curves
The center of a circle is
and its radius is . Which of the following could be the equation of the circle?
The general equation of a circle is
, where the center of the circle is and the radius is .Thus, we plug the values given into the above equation to get
.Example Question #26 : Intercepts And Curves
Which one of these equations accurately describes a circle with a center of
and a radius of ?
The standard formula for a circle is
, with the center of the circle and the radius.Plug in our given information.
This describes what we are looking for. This equation is not one of the answer choices, however, so subtract
from both sides.
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