 Above left is the graph of y = 2x - 3. If you look at the next two graphs, you'll see that we first identified the y intercept -3. Then we worked out the slope 2. What you discover is that, for the equation y = 2x - 3, the slope is 2 and the y intercept is -3. Some examples: y = 5x + 7 has slope 5 and y intercept (0, 7) y = 0.2x - 1 has slope 0.2 and y intercept (0, -1) y = 12x + 2 has slope 12 and y intercept (0, 2) y = 3x can be written as y = 3x + 0, so it has slope 3 and y intercept (0, 0) y = 5 can be written as y = 0x + 5, so it has slope 0 and y intercept (0, 5). This is a horizontal line. Linear Equations | Parallel and Perpendicular | Equation Forms | Finding Equations |