8) The standard equation for a straight line is y = mx +b. What does the variable m represent?
What does the variable b represent?

Afactory adds 3 red drops and 2 blue drops of coloring to white paint to make each pint of purple paint. the factory will make 50 gallons of the purple paint. how many drops of red and blue coloring will the factory need in the 50 gallon batch of purple paint.

The computer that controls a bank's automatic teller machine crashes a mean of 0.6 times per day. what is the probability that, in any seven-day week, the computer will crash less than 5 times? round your answer to four decimal places

Suppose the equation ||x-a|-b|=2008 has 3 distinct real roots and a not =0. find the value of b.