SOLUTION: How do you find the y intercept from two points?

Question 1066175: How do you find the y intercept from two points?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
take the slope of them then use the point slope formula to get the slope-intercept form of the line
points (2,3) and (7,13)
slope is (13-3)/(7-2)=2
use either point
y-y1-m(x-x1) m is slope, (x1,y1) coordinates of point
y-3=2(x-2)
y-3=2x-4
y=2x-1
The -1 is the y-intercept.
RELATED QUESTIONS
how do you find the x and y intercept if you are given two... (answered by solver91311)

How do you find the y... (answered by rapaljer)

How do you find the... (answered by Mathtut)

how do you find the... (answered by texttutoring,CharlesG2)

how do you do point slope form, y intercept form and standred form givin two... (answered by stanbon)

How do you work out the following problem to find two points?... (answered by Alan3354)

How do I find the plotting points and the the y-intercept?... (answered by jim_thompson5910,drj)

how do you find the y-intercept and the... (answered by checkley75)

how do you find the coordinates of the... (answered by jim_thompson5910)