Question

What do the values of m and b represent in the equation y mx +b?

Answer 1

sample Answer

The value of m represents the slope of the line. The value of b represents the y-intercept. That is, b is the y-value when the line crosses the y-axis.

Answer 2

The lettering for m and b in this equation are mostly nonsensical to us today, but here:

m is your slope (rise/run, steepness) and b is the y-intercept (where the line crosses the y-axis aka when x=0).