Haagel ( @Haagel@lemmings.world ) 6•2 months agoSerious question: is x = my + b also a slope intercept? Why is it only calculated via the y axis?
It’s convention, I think. If I remember correctly, you always put y on the left, because you can also write equations as functions of a variable, x, with the symbology f(x) = mx + b. That way you can integrate and derive the function easily, since m and b are constants, and all your x variables are on one side.
If I were to encounter x = my + b, the first thing I would do, just by nature at this point, would be to convert it to y = (x - b) / m.
It’s been a while since I took math, and I was never the best, so others should feel free to correct me.
I_am_10_squirrels ( @I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org ) 3•2 months agoCorrect. Y is a response to X. How does y change as x changes? If I need to achieve this y, what does my x need to be? By convention, y is the dependent variable and x is the independent variable, m is slope, and a, b, c are constants.
bleachisback ( @bleachisback@programming.dev ) 5•2 months agoShit is affine, yo
Sam_Bass ( @Sam_Bass@lemmy.ml ) 3•2 months agoPull the trig-ger
DogPeePoo ( @DogPeePoo@lemm.ee ) 2•2 months agoRise over Gun
Anna ( @AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml ) 1•2 months agoOr you can take it’s derivative at that point