Y-intercept

In analytic geometry, using the common convention that the horizontal axis represents a variable x and the vertical axis represents a variable y, a y-intercept or vertical intercept is a point where the graph of a function or relation intersects the y-axis of the coordinate system. As such, these points satisfy x = 0.

If the curve in question is given as ${\displaystyle y=f(x),}$ the y-coordinate of the y-intercept is found by calculating ${\displaystyle f(0).}$ Functions which are undefined at x = 0 have no y-intercept.

If the function is linear and is expressed in slope-intercept form as ${\displaystyle f(x)=a+bx,}$ the constant term ${\displaystyle a}$ is the y-coordinate of the y-intercept.

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