# Determine Slope, y-intercept, rate of change and the initial value

Hi everyone! This page is an introduction to linear relationships. It is short but I hope everyone finds it useful, enjoy!

Okay, so you maybe asking HOW CAN YOU DETERMINE THE SLOPE AND THE Y-INTERCEPT OF A LINE????!!!!! Well the graph of every nonvertical line crosses the y-axis. The y-intercept is the coordinate of the point where the graph intersects the y-axis. The x-coordinate of this point is always 0.

Now what is y = mx + b? The linear equation shown is written in the slope-intercept form of an equation. Its graph is a line with slope m and y-intercept b. Slope m represents mx and y-intercept b represents b.

A linear relationship has a constant rate of change. You can find the rate of change m (mx) and the initial value b (b) for a linear situation from a table of values.

My next discussion post will be about Identifying Functions from Mapping Diagrams . Feel free to comment below for any ideas and improvements! Hope you liked it! Thanks!

Note by Bithiah Koshy
4 months, 1 week ago

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@Percy Jackson Can you join out programming team on repl.it? You don't have to be online. We just want members. Please.

- 4 months, 1 week ago

Yes pls .....that team is for making projects

- 4 months, 1 week ago

I don't know Python, only JavaScript...

- 4 months, 1 week ago

It's okay I know Javascript too. Did you learn from Khan academy?

- 4 months, 1 week ago

Nope, I taught myself in 7th grade. After I was a amateur at it, I found the KA courses and got better.

- 4 months, 1 week ago

But your code is Python, is it not?

- 4 months, 1 week ago

https://repl.it/@Bitkoshy

- 4 months, 1 week ago

Nice Legend of Zelda pxl art :)

But I am still not joining. I will help when i find time if you want, but I don't have time for this and my own programming. Plus, I've never collaborated with anyone on a program, I like to code solo :)

- 4 months, 1 week ago

Mhmm I am usually like that too.

- 4 months, 1 week ago

Final answer, no (especially, if Srijan is there...)

- 4 months, 1 week ago

Lol, I left your team and created my own - Heroes of Olympus

- 4 months, 1 week ago

Wow!

- 4 months, 1 week ago

I know right! lol

- 4 months, 1 week ago

Nice bro

- 4 months, 1 week ago

Hehe lol, I probably won't even use it

- 4 months, 1 week ago

Ya lol

- 4 months, 1 week ago

@SRIJAN Singh I am online on discord NOWWW bitkoshyHackerpro_dank#1254

- 4 months, 1 week ago

you do know what dank means right?

- 4 months, 1 week ago

Dank memer

- 4 months, 1 week ago

My username is actually bitkoshyHackerpro_dank#1254 I think

- 4 months, 1 week ago

Nope, I ain't on Discord, I told you a million times!

Now I'm checking on the internet...God, seriously! A sarcastic bot! Why the hell would anyone need that?

- 4 months, 1 week ago

@Percy Jackson I know, and lmao it is a currency system chatbot. It's quite addicting tbh!

- 4 months, 1 week ago

can i friend you?

- 4 months, 1 week ago

Yes you can

- 4 months, 1 week ago

@NSCS 747 Yea you can I can created a Programming Brilliant discord server.

- 4 months, 1 week ago

@Percy Jackson you should really get discord you are missing out on so much well not that much but well.. you will see it kinda cool and stuff

- 4 months, 1 week ago

Btw I'm also on discord with @Bithiah Koshy also we use to chat.My username is Srijan_coder @NSCS 747 pls tell ur username so that i will also avle to chat with you .....

- 4 months, 1 week ago

fine... it is "NSCS747#2887"

- 4 months, 1 week ago

Pls accept this invite https://discord.gg/gaYm4cs

- 4 months, 1 week ago

@Percy Jackson and @NSCS 747 This whole discussion turned into a gender topic. Well goodnight everyone going to be 11pm in Melbourne and Sydney time.

- 4 months, 1 week ago

lol ok whatever

- 4 months, 1 week ago

i have this guy in my class named oscar and he.. lets just say that he simps a lot for random people on tik tok lol

- 4 months, 1 week ago

he is kinda funny tho i wouldnt say he is class clown but like just funny... u know what i mean?

- 4 months, 1 week ago

Now try to search for those comments again, you wont find them, because I deleted the comment where they all came from, so you can't see them now :)

- 4 months, 1 week ago

i am usually online at around 5pm onwards

- 4 months, 1 week ago

https://brilliant.org/discussions/thread/tau/?refid=1599268 percy's wiki https://brilliant.org/discussions/thread/latex-club-for-trying-codes-and-making-genius/?refid=1598390 percy's latex club https://brilliant.org/profile/percy-wc55ex/ the rest of the stuff

- 4 months, 1 week ago

@NSCS 747 click onthis link https://discord.gg/gaYm4cs

- 4 months, 1 week ago

-_- why?

- 3 months, 4 weeks ago

@Half pass3 He wants you to join my server i think.

- 3 months, 3 weeks ago

These notes are kinda short, maybe you should make them longer? Just a suggestion.

- 4 months, 1 week ago

@Percy Jackson True but I don't have much time in the day so yea since I have other studies too! Hehe.

- 4 months, 1 week ago