How to find x or y intercept - Intermediate Geometry

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What are the and -intercepts of the line defined by the equation:

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To find the intercepts of a line, we must set the and values equal to zero and then solve.

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Given the line what is the sum of the and intercepts?

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The intercepts cross an axis.

For the intercept, set to get

For the intercept, set to get

So the sum of the intercepts is .

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What is the -intercept of the following line:

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The -intercept is the point where the y-value is equal to 0. Therefore,

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Which of the following statements regarding the x and y intercepts of the equation is true?

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To find the x-intercept, we simply plug into our function. giving us . We can factor that equation, making it . We can not solve for , and we get . To find the y-intercept, we do the same thing, however this time, we plug in instead. This leaves us with . With an x-intercept of and a y-intercept of , it is clear that the y-intercept is greater than the x-intercept.

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Find the -intercept of the following function.

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

Now solve for x by dividing by 3 on both sides.

$\frac{9}{3}=\frac{3}{3}x$

This reduces to,

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Find the -intercept of the following function.

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

Now solve for y.

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Which is the x-intercept for the line $\small y = 2x - 5$ ?

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The x-intercept of a line is the x-value where the line hits the x-axis. This occurs when y is 0. To determine the x-value, plug in 0 for y in the original equation, then solve for x:

$\small 0 = 2x - 5$ add 5 to both sides

$\small 5 = 2x$ divide by 2

$\small 2.5 = x$

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Find the x-intercept(s) for the circle $\small (x-4)^2 + y^2 = 9$

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The x-intercepts of any curve are the x-values where the curve is intersecting the x-axis. This happens when y = 0. To figure out these x-values, plug in 0 for y in the original equation and solve for x:

$\small (x-4)^2 + 0^2 = 9$ adding 0 or 0 square doesn't change the value

$\small (x-4)^2 = 9$ take the square root of both sides

$\small x - 4 = \pm 3$ this means there are two different potential values for x, and we will have to solve for both. First:

add 4 to both sides

$\small x = 1$

Second: $\small x - 4 = 3$ again, add 4 to both sides

Our two answers are and .

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Which is neither an x- or y-intercept for the parabola $\small y = x^2 - 16$

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The y-intercept(s) occur where the graph intersects with the y-axis. This is where x=0, so we can find these y-values by plugging in 0 for x in the equation:

$\small y = 0^2 - 16$

$\small y = -16$

The x-intercept(s) occur where the graph intersects with the x-axis. This is where y=0, so we can find these x-values by plugging in 0 for y in the equation:

$\small 0 = x^2 - 16$ add 16 to both sides

$\small 16 = x^2$ take the square root

$\small \pm 4 = x$

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Give the coordinate pair(s) where $\small \small (y+3)^2 - (x-2)^2 = 21$ intersects with the y-axis.

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To find where the graph hits the y-axis, plug in 0 for x:

$\small (y+3)^2 - (0-2)^2 = 21$ first evaluate 0 - 2

$\small (y+3)^2 - (-2)^2 = 21$ then square -2

$\small (y+3)^2 - 4 = 21$ add 4 to both sides

$\small (y+3)^2 = 25$ take the square root of both sides

$\small y + 3 = \pm 5$ now we have 2 potential solutions and need to solve for both

a) $\small y + 3 = 5$

$\small y = 2$

b) $\small y +3 = -5$

$\small y = -8$

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What is the x-intercept of the line $y = -\frac{2}{3}x + 6$

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To determine the x-intercept, plug in for , since the x-axis is where .

$0 = -\frac{2}{3} x + 6$ subtract from both sides

$-6 = -\frac{2}{3} x$ multiply both sides by

divide both sides by

The x-intercept is

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What is the x-intercept for the line ?

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To find the x-intercept, plug in for , since the x-axis is where .

add to both sides

divide both sides by

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Find the y-intercept for the line

.

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To find the y-intercept, plug in 0 for x, since the y-axis is where x = 0.

subtract 24 from both sides

divide by -3

The y-intercept is

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Find the x-intercept for the line

$y = -\frac{1}{3} x + 5$ .

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To find the x-intercept, plug in 0 for y, since the x-axis is where y = 0

$0 = -\frac{1}{3} x + 5$ subtract 5 from both sides

$-5 = -\frac{1}{3}x$ multiply both sides by -3

The x-intercept is

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A rocket is fired that follows the below parabolic path where h(t) represents the height (in feet) over time (in seconds). How much time did the rocket spend in the air?

$h(t)=256t-16t^{2}$

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To solve, you must find the zeros or x-intercepts for the function h(t).

To find x-intercepts, we must plug in 0 for h(t).

$h(t)=256t-16t^{2}$

$0=256t-16t^{2}$

Factor to solve - divide by 16t.

Set both parts equat to zero.

$t = 0\ and\ t=16$

The answer is t=16 because when t=0, that is when the rocket is first being fired from the ground, the rocket then returns to the ground after having spent 16 seconds in the air.

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Find the y-intercept(s) for the circle given by the equation below:

$(x-5)^{2}+(y+2)^{2}=25$

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To find the y-intercept for any equation, plug in 0 for x in the original equation.

$(0-5)^{2}+(y+2)^{2}=25$

Simplify

$25+(y+2)^{2}=25$

Subtract 25 from both sides

$(y+2)^{2}=0$

Take the square root of both sides

Subtract 2 from both sides to get the y-intercept.

This circle has one y-intercept.

It is possible for a circle to have one y-intercept, two y-intercepts or no y-intercepts.

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What is the y intercept of the line :

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Here all we have to remember is that when given a linear equation to find the y-intercept, or where the line crosses the y-axis, we just need to set x=0 and solve for y. This solution is shown below:

$y-2 =2(x-4) \rightarrow \text{set} ; x=0 \rightarrow y-2 =2(-4) ewline \rightarrow y-2=-8 \rightarrow \text{now add 2 to each side} \rightarrow y=-6$

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Find the x-intercept(s) for the circle defined by

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The x-intercepts occur when y is equal to zero. So to figure out the x-intercepts, plug in 0 for y:

subtract 9 from both sides

take the square root of both sides

there are 2 possibilities here since and also

One solution: subtract 1 from both sides

The other solution: subtract 1 from both sides

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Find the y-intercept(s) for the equation

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The y-intercept occurs when x is 0, so plug in 0 for x:

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Find the x- and y-intercepts for the equation

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To find the x-intercept, plug in 0 for y:

subtract 5 from both sides

divide both sides by -2

since x is 2.5 and y is 0, this point is

To find the y-intercept, plug in 0 for x:

This gives the point

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