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How do you find the equation of a line using slope and y-intercept?

Len014

by Len014 at December 15, 2010

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Y = mX + b m is the slope of the line and b is the y axis intercept where x=0.  The slope is (y2-y1) / (x2-x1).  It does not matter which point you call point 1.  Just don't change your numbering of the two points during the problem.

kroo_jteague kroo_jteague December 15, 2010

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