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If x is horizontal distance in your graph, and y is vertical distance, the vertical intercept is what y is when x=0.
For example, if x is the time since you started a business, and y is how much your business is worth, the vertical intercept is how much money you started off with.
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What is meant by vertical intercept?
y-intercept
Explain why the equation of a vertical line cannot be in slope-intercept form?
A vertical line on a graph has an infinite slope, and no y-intercept.
What is the y intercept of a vertical line?
There is not any. A vertical line is parallel to the y-axis so they cannot meet or they are the same line. In either case there is no intercept.
What is another name for y- intercept?
Vertical offset.
Does every non vertical line have a slope and a y-intercept?
Yes.
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