Question

Find the intercepts of the equation.

$x-y=-1$

Short answer

The x- and y- intercept is $-1$and $1$ respectively.

Step-by-step solution

Given Information

The equation of a line for which the x- and y- intercept has to be determined is

$x-y=-1$

Step 2: Concept 

The X- and Y- intercept of a line is the x and y coordinates, respectively, of the points where the line intersects the x-axis and y-axis respectively.

Step 3: Calculation

For, x- intercept

Put $y=0$in the given equation, we get

$\begin{array}{rcl}x-0& =& -1\\ x& =& -1\end{array}$

For, y- intercept

Put $x=0$in the given equation, we get

$\begin{array}{rcl}0-y& =& -1\\ y& =& 1\end{array}$