Question

The equation of a line is 5x – 3y = 6. Which is the y-intercept of the line?
A)
y = 2
B)
y = 1
C)
ya
=
wiu
D)
y = -2

Answer 1

Answer:

y-intercept = -2

Step-by-step explanation:

The given equation of line is :

5x – 3y = 6 ...(1)

The general equation of line is given by :

y = mx +c ...(2)

Where

m is slope

c is y-intercept

Equation (1) can be written as :

-3y = 6-5x

$y=\dfrac{6}{-3}-\dfrac{5x}{(-3)}\\\\y=-2+\dfrac{5x}{3}\\\\y=\dfrac{5x}{3}+(-2)$ ..(3)

Comparing equation (1) and (3).

y-intercept = -2

Hence, this is the required solution.