alleryStart learning →What is an intercept of a line?
AThe steepness of the line's slant
BThe point exactly halfway along the line
CA point where the line crosses an axis
DAny point that is a solution to the equation
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. A point where the line crosses an axis
1. The rule for intercepts defines them as the points where a line crosses the x-axis or the y-axis.
2. Steepness describes slope, which is a different property of a line entirely.
3. Every intercept is a solution to the equation, but not every solution is an intercept, since most solutions are not on either axis.
_Source: OpenStax Prealgebra (CC BY 4.0), Ch 11 "Graphs", section 11.3 Graphing with Intercepts_
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