Why doesn't a line passing through origin satisfy the 2 intercept form of the equation of a straight line?

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The 2 intercept form of an equation of a straight line, is:

x/a + y/b = 1

Where, a and b are the x and y intercepts respectively. For a line passing through origin, these two intercepts will become 0, and hence the equation will be left unsatisfied.

So.. what does this mean?