How do you find the x and y intercepts of a linear equation?

To find the x-intercept of a linear equation, set y to 0 and solve for x. Conversely, to find the y-intercept, set x to 0 and solve for y. The x-intercept gives the point where the line crosses the x-axis, while the y-intercept indicates where it crosses the y-axis. These intercepts can be plotted to help visualize the linear equation on a graph.