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Question
Find the intercepts made by the following line on the coordinate axes
3x – 2y – 6 = 0
Solution
3x – 2y – 6 = 0.
x intercept when y = 0
⇒ 3x – 6 = 0
⇒ x = 2
y intercept when x = 0
⇒ 0 – 2y – 6 = 0
⇒ y = – 3
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