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A line with a slope of 3 passes through the point (2, 4). What is the y-intercept of the line?

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Answer:

y-intercept = -2

Explanation:

Use the point-slope form of a line to do this problem.


y - y_(1) = m(x - x_(1))

y - 4 = 3(x - 2) Now change the equation to slope-intercept form

y - 4 = 3x -6

y = 3x - 2 So m = 3 b = y-intercept = -2

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