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Slope-Intercept Form -- from Wolfram MathWorld

  • ️Weisstein, Eric W.
  • ️Wed Dec 22 2010

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The slope-intercept form of a line in the Cartesian plane is given by

 y=mx+b,

where b is the y-intercept and m is the slope.


See also

Intercept Form, Line, Point-Slope Form, Two-Point Form

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Slope-Intercept Form." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Slope-InterceptForm.html

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