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OpenStudy (hamlet):

What is the intercept of y=3 and y=x?

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

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?

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?

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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