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Solve for by=mx+b, for b

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y=mx+b

to solve for b, we need to substract mx on both sides so that b stays on one side of the equal sides with nothing else


\begin{gathered} y=mx+b \\ y-mx=mx+b-mx \\ y-mx=b\Rightarrow b=y-mx \end{gathered}

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