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How do you find a slope and the Y intercept

User Bill Huang
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How to find slope:

Divide the difference of the y-coordinates of 2 points on a line by the difference of the x-coordinates of those same 2 points.

The actual formula for this is: (y2 - y1)/(x2 - x1).

How to find Y intercept

To find the y-intercept, plug 0 in for 'x' and solve for 'y'.

Ex. 2x + 3y = 12

So you plug in 0 for x therefore it becomes:

3y = 12

so, the y intercept is 4

Let me know if this is helpful :)

User Andrzej Purtak
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