To find y-intercept bring the formulat to explicit form,
[tex]y=\frac{1}{6}(-48-11x)[/tex]
Now put in x = 0 since we are looking at what value y does the function intercept the y-axis.
[tex]y=\frac{1}{6}(-48-11\cdot0)=-8[/tex]
The line intercepts y-axis at y = -8.
Hope this helps.
