What is the y-intercept of the line represented by the equation? y = –6x – 1

Question

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Answer 1

On any line the y-intercept is the result you get when x = 0. So for this line, just plug in 0 for x and see what you get. y = -6*0 - 1 = 0 - 1 = -1. Thus, the y-intercept is -1.

 

The y intercept is the point on a line that passes through y-axis. On the y axis, x always equals 0. So that's why we plug in 0 to look for the solution.

Answer 2

This linear equation is in slope-intercept form:

 

y = mx + b

 

where m is the slope of the line and b is the y-intercept.

 

For this equation, then, the y-intercept is -1.