Question

Find the intercepts made by the following line on the coordinate axes

4x + 3y + 12 = 0

Answer 1

4x + 3y + 12 = 0.

x intercept when y = 0

⇒ 4x + 0 + 12 = 0

⇒ x = – 3

y intercept when x = 0

⇒ 0 + 3y + 12 = 0

⇒ y = – 4