What is the formula for slope intercept?

Question

I think it begins with "M".

Answer 1

Hi, Brandy.

The formula for the slope intercept equation is y = mx + b, where x and y are in the ordered pair (x, y), m is the slope, and b is the y-intercept coordinate in the ordered pair (0, b).

If you're trying to calculate slope, given two ordered pair points, use the formula (that does begin with m):

            y2 - y1                                   .
m =      x2 - x1

Know that the two ordered pairs would be (x1, y1) and (x2, y2).

Hope this helps.