I am in need of assistance

1. Explain how to find the x - and y - intercepts of a line given its equation

2. Sketch the graph of a function whose x - and y - intercepts are both negative. Label the intercepts

1. To find the x-intercept, replace y in the equation with 0, then solve for x.

... To find the y-intercept, replace x in the equation with 0, then solve for y.

If the equation is easily put into the form

... x/a + y/b = 1

Then the x-intercept is "a" and the y-intercept is "b".

2. Let's graph 3x+4y = - 12.

If we divide the equation by - 12, we can put it into the form

... x / (-4) + y / (-3) = 1

This equation has x-intercept - 4 and y-intercept - 3.

(If you know the intercepts, you can simply draw the line through them to graph your linear equation.)