Algebra > 5.18 Standard form: find x- and y-intercepts 8SN
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Find the x-intercept of the line 20x - 17y = 15.
Write your answer as an integer or as a simplified proper or improper fraction, not as an
ordered pair.

Step-by-step explanation:

the line is

20x - 17y = 15

I am not sure what your teacher uses as "standard form".

the works is split between "point-slope" and "slope-intercept" form as "standard".

I usually pick "slope-intercept" :

y = ax + b

with a being the slope and b being the y-intercept.

in any case, we can find the x-intercept without bringing the line equation to one of these forms.

because x-intercept simply means that y = 0.

and for y=0 the original equation is then

20x - 17×0 = 15

20x = 15

x = 15/20 = 3/4

positive

step-by-step explanation:

the quadrant is facing upwards