SOLUTION: How do you find the y-intercept?

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Question 173924: How do you find the y-intercept?
Answer by Mathtut(3670) About Me  (Show Source):
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for a given equation set all x's to zero and that will give you the y intercept. Incidentally to find x intercepts you set y to zero. That is why in y=mx+b....b is the y intercept because when you set x to 0....y=b