Chapter 3: Q. 38 (page 251)

Find the intercepts of the equation $x - y = - 4$ .

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The intercepts of the given equation are (-4,0) and (0,4).

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The equation $x - y = - 4$ is given to find the intercepts.

Find the intercept on abscissa

The intercepts are the points where the corresponding variables obtain the value zero.

Hence make the corresponding variables zero to find the required.
Substitute each y by 0 into the given equation to find the intercept on the abscissa.

$\begin{array}{rcl} x - y & = & - 4 \\ x - 0 & = & - 4 \\ x & = & - 4 \end{array}$

Find the intercept on ordinate

Now substitute each $x$ by 0 into the given equation and solve to find the intercept on the ordinate.

$\begin{array}{rcl} x - y & = & - 4 \\ 0 - y & = & - 4 \\ - y & = & - 4 \\ y & = & 4 \end{array}$

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Find the intercept on abscissa

Find the intercept on ordinate

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