Definitions for "Intercepts"
The position of a given plane in space, defined in terms of the distances from the origin along three arbitrarily selected axes which the place intersects.
x-intercept: where a graph intersects the x-axis. To find it, let be 0 and solve the equation for y-intercept: where a graph intersects the y-axis. To find it, let be 0 and solve the equation for