what does the x and y intercept represent?
The x-intercepts are where the graph crosses the x-axis, and the y-intercepts are where the graph crosses the y-axis. ... In the same way, the x-axis is also the line "y = 0". Then, algebraically, an x-intercept is a point on the graph where y is zero, and. a y-intercept is a point on the graph where x is zero.