Find the x- and y-intercepts for the equation. Then graph the equation.
-$$2 x - 5 = y$$

A) $\left( \frac { 5 } { 2 } , 0 \right) , ( 0 , - 5 )$
B) $( - 5,0 ) , \left( 0 , \frac { 5 } { 2 } \right)$

Question

Find the x- and y-intercepts for the equation. Then graph the equation.
-$$2 x - 5 = y$$

A) $\left( \frac { 5 } { 2 } , 0 \right) , ( 0 , - 5 )$ 
B) $( - 5,0 ) , \left( 0 , \frac { 5 } { 2 } \right)$

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

To find the x-intercept, we set y to zero and solve for x:
$$2x - 5 = 0 \Rightarrow x = \frac{5}{2}$$
So the x-intercept is $\left(\frac{5}{2}, 0\right)$. To find the y-intercept, we set x to zero and solve for y:
$$2\cdot 0 - 5 = y \Rightarrow y = -5$$
So the y-intercept is $(0, -5)$. The graph will pass through these two points and has a slope of 2 (since the coefficient of x is 2), so we can use them to sketch the line.

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