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Intercepts with the Casio ClassPad

Fix the location of point C on the y axis and inspect the equation of the line through C:

  

Now move D to different locations and watch the equation change:

  

Try changing the x coefficient in the equation and watch the line move:

x-Intercept

Find the x-Intercept by inspection (using zoom if necessary)

  

Use the canned solve to get the x intercept::

Solve piecemeal by operations on equations: