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how do you find the y intercept from a pair of coordinates? For example, I need to find the y intercept of (3,-1), but I'm not sure how...

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 Nov 15, 2015

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An infinite number of lines go through (3, -1).  You need to know the slope of the straight line as well before you can find the intercept.  

 Nov 15, 2015
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you cannot solve ths without more information.....

 Nov 15, 2015
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An infinite number of lines go through (3, -1).  You need to know the slope of the straight line as well before you can find the intercept.  

Alan Nov 15, 2015

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