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Slope-Intercept Form of a Line ( $y = mx + b$ )

The slope-intercept is the almost "popular" form of a straight line. Many students find this useful because of its simplicity. One tin easily draw the characteristics of the straight line even without seeing its graph because the slope and $y$ -intercept can easily exist identified or read off from this form.

Gradient-Intercept Form of the Equation of a Line

The linear equation written in the grade

$\large{y = mx + b}$

is in slope-intercept form where:

$one thousand$ is the slope, and $b$ is the $y$ -intercept

this is the slope-intercept form of a line, y=mx + b, where it is clearly labeled using arrows that the slope is denoted by the letter m and the y-intercept is denoted by letter b

Quick notes:

The slope $m$ measures how steep the line is with respect to the horizontal. Given two points $\left( {{x_1},{y_1}} \right)$ and $\left( {{x_2},{y_2}} \right)$ plant in the line, the slope is computed as

the formula to find the slope of a line is the ratio of the difference of the y-coordinates and the difference of the x-coordinates. In an equation, we have m=(y sub2 - y sub 1)/(x sub2 - x sub1).

The $y$ -intercept $b$ is the point where the line crosses the $y$ -axis. Notice that in the graph below, the red dot is always found on the master vertical centrality of the Cartesian aeroplane. That is the basic feature of the $y$ -intercept.

an illustration showing the y-intercepts of two arbitrary lines in an xy-plane

Let'due south go over some examples of how to write the equation of a straight line in linear form $y = mx + b$ .

Examples of Applying the Concept of Gradient-Intercept Grade of a Line

Case 1: Write the equation of the line in slope-intercept form with a slope of $- \,5$ and a $y$ -intercept of $3$ .

The needed information to write the equation of the line in the course $y = mx + b$ are conspicuously given in the problem since

$m = - \,5$ (slope)

$b = 3$ ( $y$ -intercept)

Substituting in $y = mx + b$ , we obtain

substitute -5 for the slope and 3 for the y-intercept. This gives us y=mx+b → y=(-5)x+(3) → y=-5x+3

By having a negative slope, the line is decreasing/falling from left to right, and passing through the $y$ -axis at point $\left( {0,three} \correct)$ .

the graph of the line y=-5x+3 as shown in the coordinate plane. the line has a negative slope of m=-3 and a y-intercept at (0,3).

Example ii: Write the equation of the line in slope-intercept form with a slope of $7$ and a $y$ -intercept of $- \,four$ .

The slope is given as $m = 7$ and the $y$ -intercept as $b = - \,4$ . Substituting into the slope-intercept formula $y = mx + b$ , nosotros take

since m=7 and b=-4, we can substitute that into the slope-intercept form of a line to get y=mx+b → y=7x-4

The gradient is positive thus the line is increasing or rising from left to correct, but passing through the $y$ -centrality at point $\left( {0, - \,iv} \right)$ .

this is an example of a graph of a line with positive slope and the y-intercept, also known as "b", is found on the negative portion of the y-axis. the equation of the line in slope-intercept form is y=7x-4, where the slope is equal to 7 and the y-intercept is -4.

Instance 3: Write the equation of the line in slope-intercept with a slope of $9$ and passing through the indicate $\left( {0, - \,2} \right)$ .

This problem is slightly different from the previous ii examples because the $y$ -intercept $b$ is not given to us upfront. So our next goal is to somehow effigy out the value of $b$ start.

All the same, if we examine the slope-intercept form, it should lead us to believe that we have enough information to solve for $b$ . How?

the slope-intercept form of a line, y=mx+b, is labeled to show how to substitute when the value of slope and a point are given.

That means $m = ix$ , and from the given betoken $\left( {0, - \,2} \right)$ we have $x = 0$ and $y = - \,2$ . Allow's substitute these known values into the gradient-intercept formula and solve for the missing value of $b$ .

this shows the calculation to find the y-intercept or "b". y=mx+b → -2=9(0)+b → -2=0+b → -2=b

At present it is possible to write the gradient-intercept class as

Case 4: Find the slope-intercept course of the line with a slope of $- \,3$ and passing through the point $\left( { - 1,\,15} \correct)$ .

Over again, the value of $y$ -intercept $b$ is non direct provided to u.s.. But we can utilize the given slope and a point to find it.

since we know the slope and a point on the line, we can easily compute for the value of the y-intercept

Substitute the known values into the slope-intercept formula, and then solve for the unknown value of $b$ .

given that m=-3 and the point is (-1,15), we have y=mx+b → 15=(-3)(-1)+b → 15=3+b → 15-3=3-3+b → 12=b

Dorsum substitute the value of the slope and the solved value of the $y$ -intercept into $y = mx + b$ .

from the last step, we found that b=12 so the equation of the line in slope-intercept form becomes y=-3x+12

Example 5: A line with the slope of $- \,8$ and passing through the point $\left( { - \,4,\, - 1} \correct)$ .

The given gradient is $m = - \,eight$ and from the given point $\left( { - \,4,\, - 1} \right)$ , we take $x = - \,4$ and $y = - \,ane$ . At present, we are going to substitute the known values into the gradient-intercept grade of the line to solve for $b$ .

substituting the values, we obtain y=mx+b → -1=-8(-4)+b → -1=32+b → -1-32=32-32+b → -33=b

Since $one thousand = - \,8$ and $b = - \,33$ , the slope-intercept form of the line becomes

Case 6: Write the slope-intercept form of the line with a gradient of ${3 \over 5}$ and through the point $\left( {5,\, - ii} \right)$ .

Nosotros have a slope here that is not an integer, i.e. the denominator is other than positive or negative one, $\pm i$ . In other words, we have a "truthful" fractional slope.

The procedure for solving this trouble is very like to examples #3, #4, and #five. But the primary point of this example is to emphasize the algebraic steps required on how to solve a linear equation involving fractions.

The known values of the problem are

Given slope:

Given point:

Plug the values into $y = mx + b$ and solve for $b$ .

if a line has a slope of 3/5 and passing through the point (5,-2), after substituting the values and calculating using the slope-intercept form, we find that the y-intercept is -5.

As yous can see the mutual factors of $5$ in the numerator and denominator nicely abolish each other out which greatly simplifies the process of solving for $b$ .

Putting this together in the class $y = mx + b$

Example 7: Slope of ${{\, - 3} \over two}$ and through the point $\left( { - 1,\, - 1} \correct)$ .

The given slope is $m = {{\, - iii} \over 2}$ and from the given signal $\left( { - 1,\, - 1} \right)$ , the values of $x$ and $y$ can easily be identified.

Now plug in the known values into the slope-intercept grade $y = mx + b$ to solve for $b$ .

Make sure that when y'all add or subtract fractions, you generate a common denominator.

y=mx+b → -1=+b → -1 =(3/2)+b → (-2-3)/2=b therefore b=-5/2

After getting the value of $b$ , we can now write the slope-intercept form of the line.

y=(-3/2) multiplied to the variable x minus the fraction 5/2

Case viii: Slope of $- \,half-dozen$ and through the indicate $\left( {{i \over 2},{1 \over iii}} \right)$ .

The slope is given equally $m = - \,half-dozen$ and from the indicate, we have $x = {1 \over 2}$ and $y = {one \over 3}$ .

Substitute the known values into $y = mx + b$ . So solve the missing value of $b$ .

this is a bit more challenging problem to find the y-intercept using the slope-intercept form of a line because the coordinates of the point of the line are both fractions. given that m=-6 and the point is (1/2, 1/3), after plugging in the values into y=mx+b, we find that b=10/3.

Therefore, the slope-intercept form of the line is

Instance 9: Slope of ${{\,vii} \over 3}$ and through the point $\left( {{{ - \,two} \over five},{v \over ii}} \right)$ .

Identifying the known values

Given slope:

Given point:

The setup to find $b$ becomes

That makes the slope-intercept grade of the line every bit

y=mx+b → y=(7/3)x+(103/30) → y=7/3x+103/30

Example 10: A line passing through the given two points $\left( {four,\,5} \right)$ and $\left( {0,\,3} \right)$ .

In this problem, we are not provided with both the slope $one thousand$ and $y$ -intercept $b$ . Nonetheless, nosotros should realize that the slope is hands calculated when two points are known using the Slope Formula.

Slope Formula

The gradient, $m$ , of a line passing through two arbitrary points $\left( {{x_1},{y_1}} \right)$ and $\left( {{x_2},{y_2}} \right)$ is calculated every bit follows…

we divide the change in y-coordinates by the change in x-coordinates to calculate the slope of the line

If we allow $\left( {4,\,5} \right)$ be the commencement point, then $\left( {0,\,3} \right)$ must be the second.

Labeling the components of each point should help in identifying the correct values that would be substituted into the slope formula.

the first ordered pair (x1,y1) has the x-coordinate of 4 and a y-coordinate of 5 while the second ordered pair (x2,y2) has the x-coordinate of 0 and a y-coordinate of 3.

Based on the labeling above, now nosotros know that

for the first point, we have x1=4, y1=5 and for the second point, we have x2=0, y2=3

Adjacent, write the gradient formula, plug in the known values and simplify.

m=(y2-y1)/(x2-x1) → m=(3-5)/(0-4) → m=-2/-4 → m=1/2 or 0.5

Nifty! We found the slope to be $chiliad = {{\,1} \over 2}\,$ . The only missing piece of the puzzle is to make up one's mind the $y$ -intercept. Employ the slope that we found, together with Whatever of the ii given points. In this practise, I will show you that nosotros should go far at the same value of the $y$ -intercept regardless of which point is selected for the adding.

Finding the $y$ -intercept

Using the commencement signal $\left( {4,\,5} \correct)$ .

Using the 2nd point $\left( {0,\,3} \correct)$ .

Indeed, the $y$ -intercepts come out the aforementioned in both calculations. We can now write the linear equation in slope-intercept form.

Below is the graph of the line passing through the given two points.

the equation of the line passing through the points (0,3) and (4,5) in slope-intercept form is y=(1/2)x+3

Example 11: A line passing through the given two points $\left( { - \,7,\,4} \right)$ and $\left( { - \,2,\,19} \right)$ .

Let's solve this pace past step.

Pace 1: Assign which indicate is the first and second, and then label its components.

Pace two: Substitute the known values into the gradient formula, and simplify if necessary.

Pace 3: Pick any of the two given points. Suppose nosotros pick the indicate $\left( { - \,7,\,four} \right)$ . That ways $10 = - \,7$ and $y = 4$ . Using the calculated value of slope in footstep two, we can now discover the $y$ -intercept $b$ .

the y-intercept is positive 25 which can be written as b=25 or (0, 25)

Stride 4: Putting them together in $y = mx + b$ form, since $one thousand = 3$ and $b = 25$ , we have the slope-intercept form of the line as

the equation of the line has a slope of 3 and y-intercept of 25

Step v: Using a graphing utility, evidence that the solved linear equation in gradient-intercept form passes through the ii points.

the line passing through the points (-7,4) and (-2,19) has a slope-intercept form of y=3x+25

Example 12: A line passing through the given ii points $\left( { - \,6,\, - \,3} \right)$ and $\left( { - \,vii,\, - ane} \correct)$ .

Find the slope

Pick any of the 2 given points. Suppose, nosotros chose the 2nd bespeak which is

Substitute known values in the slope-intercept class $y = mx + b$ to solve for $b$ .

Putting them together. Since $thousand = - \,2$ and $b = - \,15$ , the slope-intercept class of the line is

This is the graph of the line showing that it passes both of the 2 points.

the line y=-2x-15 passes through the points (-7,-1) and (-6,-3)

Case thirteen: A line passing through the given two points $\left( {5,\, - \,ii} \right)$ and $\left( { - \,2,\,v} \right)$ .

Decide the slope from the given ii points

the first point is (5,-2) while the second point is (-2,5)

Pick any of the 2 given points. Let'south say we chose the first one, $\left( {5,\, - \,2} \right)$ . That means $x = 5$ , and $y = - \,two$ . Use this data together with the value of slope to solve for the $y$ -intercept $b$ .