Question

A) What is y=mx+b?

b) What does the m stand for?
c) What does the b stand for?
d) Where do I find the x & y?
e) If I get two coordinate points how do I find the slope? What is the formula?
f) If I get a graph, how do I find the slope?

Answer 1

a) y=mx+b is slope intercept form.

b) the m is the slope of the line.

c) the b is the y-intercept

d) the x-axis is horizontal, the y-axis is vertical.

e) m = rise/run = y2-y1/x2-x1

f) pick 2 points on the graph & determine their coordinates. find the difference in the y-coordinates (the rise) & the difference in the x-coordinates (the run) & divide them.