Concept explainers
To Explain:
How you would use a given y-intercept and the slope to predict a y-value for a given x-value without graphing.
Answer to Problem 66HP
If the slope is m and the y-intercept is b, substitute the given x-values for x in
Explanation of Solution
Formula Used:
Equation of slope-intercept form of a line is given by:
Where
Calculation:
If
Then the slope-intercept form is given by :
For a given value of x , we can substitute that value in the above equation and simplify it for y .
For example,
Then the slope-intercept form is :
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