SOLUTION: what is the slope and y intercept of y = 3.5x

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Question 929343: what is the slope and y intercept of y = 3.5x
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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the standard slope-intercept form for an equation of a line is
y+=+highlight_green%28m%29x+%2B+highlight%28b%29 where m is the slope and b the y-intercept.
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y = 3.5x
Per standard form...this gives...
y+=+highlight_green%283.5%29x+%2B+highlight%280%29
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slope = 3.5
y-intercept is 0
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re TY
putting y = 3.5x into the standard form, it shows m = 3.5
and as there is no constant attached to y = 3.5x ..it is therefore ZERO
y = 3.5x + 0 is the same as y = 2.5x and therefore the y-intercept = 0