IN MATH: 1. adj. a standard way of writing the equation of a line, y = mx + b, to indicate its slope, m, and the coordinate of one point on that line, the y-intercept, (0, b). EX. Write 4x - y = 10 in slope-intercept form.

IN ENGLISH: 1. as defined above.

APPLICATION: See list 240.

1. Write 4x - y = 10 in slope-intercept form.


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