How do you find the slope & y-intercept of the equation $y=3x+1$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-12-26T23:08:52

Slope is $3$ and $y$ intercept is $1$ .

$color(white)xxy=3x+1$

Let $m$ be the slope:
$color(white)xxy=mx+c$
$color(white)xxy=3x+1$

Therefore:
$color(white)xxm=3$

For $x=0$ ,
$color(white)xxy=3xx0+1$
$=>y=1$

Therefore $y$ intercept is $1$

How do you find the slope & y-intercept of the equation y=3x+1y=3x+1?