Why does the line y = 5x have only one intercept instead of two?

1. Letting y = 0 gives 0 = 5x, so x = 0, and letting x = 0 gives y = 0, so both intercepts land on the same point. 2. Since the x-intercept and y-intercept are both (0, 0), the origin, the line effectively has only one intercept point instead of two distinct ones. 3. Because the x-intercept and y-intercept coincide, a third point is needed to graph the line accurately. _Source: OpenStax Elementary Algebra (CC BY 4.0), Ch 4 "Graphs", section 4.3 Graph with Intercepts_