document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=16054>Question 16054</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what does y=mx+b mean? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #7872 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><B>rapaljer(4671)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=rapaljer><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=7872\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This is the slope-intecept form of the equation of a straight line.  The value of b is the y-intercept, which is the point where the graph crosses the y-axis.  The number m is the slope of the line, where slope m = rise over run.  It gives the steepness of the line.  And of course, x and y are variables which change within the graph from one point to another.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For example y = 3x +2, the y-intercept is 2 and the slope is 3 or 3/1 which means that the rise is 3 and the run is 1.  So to graph this line, start with the y-intercept of 2 (that means go UP two on the y-axis and put the first point).  Then from this point, go UP three more units, then go to the right one unit, and put the second point there.  Draw a line between these two points and it should look like this:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "R^2 at SCC </SPAN>\n" );
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