Niytaan wrote:
>If I remember from math correctly:
>The math explanation:
>
>Well, since you already know what the points are then you can easily find
>the slopes of the two lines. Then simply write up the equation for each line
>using:
>
>y = m*x + b
>
>m equals slope, b equals y-intercept, both are easy to find
>
>Then, to find what your x value for the intersection is, solve for x in the
>equation:
>
>Line 1        Line 2
>m*x + b = m*x + b
>
>Remember that one side of the equation should not be identical to the other.
>
>Then solve for y in one of the equations(y = m*x + b) using your x value
>that you just found. You now have your x and y values for the point of
>intersection.
>

okay, I think I can follow what's happening here, except for that "b equals
y-intercept" part... what is that, exactly?  thanks :)

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