Does a change in the y intercept make the line more or less steep?
Neither. Changing the y-intercept will simply move the line up or down the y-axis.The "steepness" is all a matter of the slope.Now that we said that, we can think of a situation where changing the y-interceptwould change the slope of the line:That would be where you were given the y-intercept and one other point, and youhave to find the slope, or find the equation, or draw the line.If somebody sneaks in and changes the y-intercept, but leaves the other point rightwhere it is, then the slope of the line changes, (and so does the equation).