SOLUTION: Is y=mx+b the point slope form of a linear equation?

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Question 650233: Is y=mx+b the point slope form of a linear equation?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
No, what you have is slope intercept form

Point slope form is y - y1 = m(x - x1)

where...

m = slope
x1 = x coordinate of given point
y1 = y coordinate of given point

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