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OpenStudy (hamlet):
What is the intercept of y=3 and y=x?
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OpenStudy (eyust707):
well the intercept is the point were a line crosses an axis
OpenStudy (eyust707):
would you like to know how to find the y intercept or the x?
OpenStudy (hamlet):
Yes
OpenStudy (eyust707):
both?
OpenStudy (eyust707):
well reguradless its pretty easy to tell just by looking at the equation
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OpenStudy (hamlet):
My teacher said find the y-intercept coordinate. I do not know how.
OpenStudy (eyust707):
ahhh okay
OpenStudy (eyust707):
so the "y -intercept cordinate" is the point that that line passes through the y axis
OpenStudy (eyust707):
y=mx +b
OpenStudy (eyust707):
have you ever heard of that equation?
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OpenStudy (hamlet):
No. Can you please elaborate?
OpenStudy (eyust707):
sure
OpenStudy (eyust707):
so any line can be expressed as a function.
usually we write it in "slope intercept form"
which looks similar to:
y=mx+b
OpenStudy (eyust707):
m and b are usually numbers and we leave the y and x as letters
OpenStudy (hamlet):
So y=3 does not have a slope?
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OpenStudy (eyust707):
Correct!
OpenStudy (eyust707):
and for a double check we can graph it
OpenStudy (eyust707):
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OpenStudy (eyust707):
so "y equals 3"
OpenStudy (hamlet):
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