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Answer: The answer is false because 'm' represents the slope of a line.

The statement 'The equation of a line in slope intercept form is y=mx + b, where m is the y-intercept' is False.

What is line?

"It is a one-dimensional figure, which has length but no width."

What is slope?

  • "It describes how steep a straight line is."
  • "The slope of the line joining two points [tex](x_1,y_1),(x_2,y_2)[/tex] is, [tex]m=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}[/tex]"

What is y-intercept?

"The point at which the graph of the function intersects the y-axis."

For given question,

Consider a line passing through points (0, b) and (x, y)

As line is passing through point (0, b), this means the line intersects y-axis at point (0,b)

S0, the y-intercept = b

Let 'm' be the slope of the line.

Using slope formula,

[tex]\Rightarrow m=\frac{y-b}{x-0}\\\\\Rightarrow m=\frac{y-b}{x}\\\\ \Rightarrow mx=y-b\\\\\Rightarrow y=mx+b[/tex]

From above equation,

y = mx + b is the line having slope m and y - intercept b.

Therefore, the statement 'The equation of a line in slope intercept form is y=mx + b, where m is the y-intercept' is False.

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