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Hoochie [10]
4 years ago
8

If the equation y=mx+b is used to model a quantity y as a function of the quantity x, why is b considered to be the starting val

ue?
Mathematics
1 answer:
blagie [28]4 years ago
3 0

Answer:

This is because even when the quality of the variable x is 0, the value of b still exists and is the starting point for y.

Step-by-step explanation:

To prove this, we start with the base form of the equation and input 0 for x.

y = mx + b

y = m(0) + b

y = 0 + b

y = b


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