The first step is since you know what the slope is, you can just plug that into the equation. We now have y=3x+b, b being the y intercept. 3 is equal to 3/1, and you can use that to find the Y intercept. Start at the point that they game you and go up 3 and over 1. But this makes you further away from the Y axis, so you want to do the opposite. Go down 3 and over 1.\ This makes you end up on the Y intercept at (0,1) Making the equation y=3x+1