SOLUTION: what is the y-intercept?

Question 261470: what is the y-intercept?
Found 2 solutions by palanisamy, richwmiller:
Answer by palanisamy(496) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The distance from the origin to the point of intersection of the given line and y-axis is called y-intercept.
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In the equation y=mx+b b is the y intercept
When x=0 then the line intercepts (crosses) the y axis at (0,b)

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