SOLUTION: How can you find the y intercept when you only have a slope? Example: y= 1/3x + ?

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Question 1099775: How can you find the y intercept when you only have a slope?
Example: y= 1/3x + ?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You need to have more information, like maybe a point on the line for the equation.

y=%281%2F3%29x%2Bb, included point (p,v) for some known constants p and v;
b=y-%281%2F3%29x
b=v-%281%2F3%29%2Ap
and then you would evaluate b.