Find the x and y Intercepts y=x^2

$y = x^{2}$

Step 1

Find the x-intercepts.

To find the x-intercept(s), substitute in $0$ for $y$ and solve for $x$ .

$0 = x^{2}$

Solve the equation.

Rewrite the equation as $x^{2} = 0$ .

$x^{2} = 0$

Take the square root of both sides of the equation to eliminate the exponent on the left side.

$x = \pm \sqrt{0}$

Simplify $\pm \sqrt{0}$ .

Rewrite $0$ as $0^{2}$ .

$x = \pm \sqrt{0^{2}}$

Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming positive real numbers.

$x = \pm 0$

Plus or minus $0$ is $0$ .

$x = 0$

x-intercept(s) in point form.

x-intercept(s): $(0, 0)$

Step 2

Find the y-intercepts.

To find the y-intercept(s), substitute in $0$ for $x$ and solve for $y$ .

$y = {(0)}^{2}$

Solve the equation.

Remove parentheses.

$y = 0^{2}$

Remove parentheses.

$y = {(0)}^{2}$

Raising $0$ to any positive power yields $0$ .

$y = 0$

y-intercept(s) in point form.

y-intercept(s): $(0, 0)$

Step 3

List the intersections.

x-intercept(s): $(0, 0)$

y-intercept(s): $(0, 0)$

Step 4