Chapter 8.3, Problem 1E

To determine

To complete:

The givenstatement.

Answer to Problem 1E

The complete statement would be: For the line that passes through the points $(0,-7)\text{ and }(3,0)$ they -intercept is $-7$ and the x -intercept is 3.

Explanation of Solution

Given:

An incomplete statement:For the line that passes throughthe points $(0,-7)\text{ and }(3,0)$ the $\underset{\_}{?}$ is $-7$ and the $\underset{\_}{?}$ is 3.

Calculation:

We know that y -coordinate of x -intercept is 0 and x -coordinate of y -intercept is 0.

Upon looking at our given statement, we can see that the x -coordinate of point $(0,-7)$ is 0, therefore, $-7$ is the y -intercept.

We can also see that the y -coordinate of point $(3,0)$ is 0, therefore, $3$ is the x -intercept.

Therefore, the correct words for our given blanks would be “ y -intercept” and “ x -intercept” respectively.