How Do You Find the Y-Intercept of a Line If You Have Another Point and the Slope?

How Do You Find the Y-Intercept of a Line If You Have Another Point and the Slope?

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Want some practice finding the y-intercept of a line? In this tutorial, you're given the slope of a line and a point on that line and asked to find the y-intercept. Watch this tutorial and see how the equation for the slope-intercept form of a line is used to figure out the answer!

Keywords:

  • problem
  • line
  • linear equation
  • find intercept
  • y-intercept
  • find y-intercept
  • slope
  • given slope
  • given point
  • slope-intercept form
  • coordinates
  • given coordinates
  • slope-intercept
  • slope intercept

Background Tutorials

  • Graphing in the Coordinate Plane

      • What is the X-Coordinate?What is the X-Coordinate?

      What is the X-Coordinate?

      Ordered pairs are a crucial part of graphing, but you need to know how to identify the coordinates in an ordered pair if you're going to plot it on a coordinate plane. In this tutorial, you'll see how to identify the x-coordinate in an ordered pair!

  • Defining Slope

      • What's the Formula for Slope?What's the Formula for Slope?

      What's the Formula for Slope?

      When you're dealing with linear equations, you may be asked to find the slope of a line. That's when knowing the slope formula really comes in handy! Learn the formula to find the slope of a line by watching this tutorial.

  • Working With Intercepts

      • What's the Y-Intercept?What's the Y-Intercept?

      What's the Y-Intercept?

      When you have a linear equation, the y-intercept is the point where the graph of the line crosses the y-axis. In this tutorial, learn about the y-intercept. Check it out!

  • Working with Slope-Intercept Form

      • What's Slope-Intercept Form of a Linear Equation?What's Slope-Intercept Form of a Linear Equation?

      What's Slope-Intercept Form of a Linear Equation?

      When you're learning about linear equations, you're bound to run into the point-slope form of a line. This form is quite useful in creating an equation of a line if you're given the slope and a point on the line. Watch this tutorial, and learn about the point-slope form of a line!

Further Exploration

  • Working With Intercepts

  • Working with Point-Slope Form

      • What's Point-Slope Form of a Linear Equation?What's Point-Slope Form of a Linear Equation?

      What's Point-Slope Form of a Linear Equation?

      When you're learning about linear equations, you're bound to run into the point-slope form of a line. This form is quite useful in creating an equation of a line if you're given the slope and a point on the line. Watch this tutorial, and learn about the point-slope form of a line!