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Hi:

I have been trying to visualise 'b' on the RHS in the point-intercept equation Y=mx+b. Specifically, I get confused as to when to assign value to b on the RHS or Y on the LHS, also unable to visualise it on a X-Y coordinate plane. Please could you help me understand this.

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Hi:

I have been trying to visualise 'b' on the RHS in the point-intercept equation Y=mx+b. Specifically, I get confused as to when to assign value to b on the RHS or Y on the LHS, also unable to visualise it on a X-Y coordinate plane. Please could you help me understand this.

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hi,
b is nothing but the y-intercept on x-axis..
so value of y is b when x=0..
and when y = 0, x=-b/m..

Now you can join these points to get the required line..

Is this you wanted to know or there is something else to it.
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"Now you can join these points to get the required line.."

Thanks - that clarifies!
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Hi:

I have been trying to visualise 'b' on the RHS in the point-intercept equation Y=mx+b. Specifically, I get confused as to when to assign value to b on the RHS or Y on the LHS, also unable to visualise it on a X-Y coordinate plane. Please could you help me understand this.

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In addition to what chetan2u has mentioned above, the equation of a line in 2 different formats is as follows:

Standard (or slope-intercept form) form : y=mx+b with x-intercept (with y=0) = -b/m and y-intercept (with x=0) =b

Intercept form: x/A + y/B = 1, where A and B are x and y intercepts with A = -b/m and B=b

So once you have the 2 intercepts above, you can create a line by joining the 2 points representing the intercepts as mentioned above.

Hope this helps.



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