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Algebra practice question
The graph of 3x + 2y = c in the xy-plane, where c is a constant, has an x-intercept of 8. What is the y-intercept of the graph?
Answer: 12
The x-intercept gives 3(8) = c, so c = 24; the y-intercept is 24/2 = 12.
Common wrong answers
- If you answered 4
- 4 divides 8 by 2 instead of finding c.
- If you answered 8
- 8 is the x-intercept.
- If you answered 24
- 24 is c, not the y-intercept.
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