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Can someone please explain y=mx+b

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y=mx+b is slope-intercept form, which is a way of writing an equation for a line.

In this equation,
m represents the slope and
b represents the y-intercept.


x and
y are the coordinates of a point on the resulting line.

Here are some examples:


y=3x+2


y=-2x-4


y=8x-1


y=-7x+5

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