Question

how do you find the y intercept with fractions?

Answer 1

to find y - intercept
just plug in x=0 in your fraction

Answer 2

do you have a specific example/problem you need help with ?

Answer 3

6=3/8(-11)+b
I get confused with fractions

Answer 4

ok,
but we need the function in terms of x and y to get the y -intercept
that seems to be equation of line ?
can you post the entire problem ?

Answer 5

seems like you have
y = 3/8 x + b
and you need y-intercept ?
is that correct ?

Answer 6

and the point given is -11, 6

Answer 7

Yeah

Answer 8

ok, so we are here
6=3/8(-11)+b

one simple thing you can do to eliminate the fraction, is you multiply everything (both sides) by the denominator.
in this case , multiply both sides of
6=3/8(-11)+b
by 8
what do u get ?

Answer 9

48=3/8(-88)+b? Right?

Answer 10

ok, you did 6*8 correctly
but we multiplied 8 to eliminate the fraction 3/8
because (3/8)*8 = 3
right ?
so
you get
48 = 3(-11) + 8b
got this ?

Answer 11

Yeah

Answer 12

good, so 3(-11) = -33
now we need the value of 'b' , which is your y-intercept
so add 33 on both sides, what do u get ?

Answer 13

81=8b

Answer 14

correct!
so, your y-intercept = b = 81/8
thats it!

Answer 15

Ohhh OK I got it thank you(:

Answer 16

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Answer 17

OK thanks(:

Answer 18

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