Question

Find the y-intercept of the line y=2x–12. Write your answer as an integer or as a simplified proper or improper fraction, not as an ordered pair.

Answer 1

b = -12

Explanation:

In order to find the y intercept, the equation of the line must be in slope intercept form
`y=mx+b` where m is the slope and b is the y intercept.

`y=2x-12`

As we can see, the equation of the line is clearly in slope intercept form. If we know click clack, aka change the sign and change if its positive or negative, 12 becomes -12.

Therefore, the y intercept is -12.