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## y-intercept

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In analytic geometry, using the common convention that the horizontal axis represents a ... one may speak of the I-intercept of the current-voltage characteristic of, say, a diode. (In electrical en...

## 'b' Used in Slope-Intercept Form? - Math Forum - Ask Dr. Math

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Why is the letter 'b' used for the y-intercept in the slope-intercept form of a linear equation?

## Why are slope and y-intercept m and b? - Straight Dope Message Board

The Y-intercept is b because the X-intercept is a, as in the .... I don't recall anyone explaining why these particular symbols were chosen, but I ...

## "y=mx+b" Why is - Algebra

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where a is the x-coordinate of the x-intercept and b is the y-coordinate of the y- intercept. ... Eric Weisstein reports that the use of the symbol m for a slope was ...

## The Meaning of Slope and y-Intercept in the Context of Word Problems

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In the equation of a straight line (when the equation is written as "y = mx + b"), the slope is the number "m" that is multiplied on the x, and "b" is the y-intercept, ...

## Symbol Sheet / SWT - BrownMath.com

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Feb 21, 2014 ... Statistics symbols you need to know. ... Here are symbols for various sample statistics and the corresponding ... b = y intercept of a line.

## math mode - Is there a symbol for the y intercept in a linear model ...

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Sep 11, 2014 ... arara: pdflatex \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amssymb} \begin{document} For the y-intercept, a lot of people use the letter $b$, but there ...

## Derivation of the "m" in the slope equation

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In his "Earliest Uses of Symbols from Geometry" web page, . ... George Salmon ( 1819-1904), an Irish mathematician, used y = mx + b in his _A Treatise on Conic Sections_, which ... In Austria k is used for the slope, and d for the y-intercept.

## Regression Basics

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In symbols, we have: (2.1). Where Yi ... The symbol b describes the slope of a line . It denotes ... The value a, the Y intercept, shifts the line up or down the Y-axis.

## Mathwords: Slope-Intercept Equation of a Line

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numbers & symbols ... y = mx + b, where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept. Slope-intercept is the form used most often as the simplified equation of a line.

### Why is the y-intercept called b? - MathFour

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Nov 20, 2012 ... Turns out that the b here is also exactly where the line smacks into the y-axis – AKA the y-intercept. But there's no fancy letter for that, so we just ...

### CHAPTER 14: X-INTERCEPT(ZERO) AND Y INTERCEPT(B)

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SECTION 14.1: THE X AND Y INTERCEPT, THE ZERO AND THE SYMBOL b ... So in figure 1, the y-intercept would be labeled b = 3. There is no special letter to  ...