Y-intercept

From Wikipedia, a free encyclopedia written in simple English for easy reading.

The title of this article is wrong due to some limitations. The right title is y-intercept.


The y-intercept of a line on a graph is where the line touches (or intercepts) the y-axis (the numbered line going straight up). If the equation of the line is y = mx + c, the y-intercept will be the point where x = 0. Because 0 * anything is just 0, y = c. This is why c is the y-intercept.


[edit] See also

Algebra

This short article needs someone to make it better.
You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.

In other languages