Plotting a line given its slope and one coordinate

I would like to plot a line given that its slope is roughly 1.08 and it passes through the point (88,56). I do not know the y-intercept and I would prefer not to calculate it as I have many lines for which I'd like to do this, each with their own intercept and slope.

[Adam Danz]

" I do not know the y-intercept and I would prefer not to calculate it"

You'll have to calculate something. One option is to plot a line segment in which case you'd need to use the slope to calculate a 2nd endpoint in addition to (88,56). Another option is to plot a line by calculate the y-intercept based on the slope and your known coordinate. The latter makes more sense.

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

Try this:

x = 88;
y = 56;
slope = 1.08;

y_intercept = y - slope*x;
xv = [0 100];

figure
plot(xv, slope*xv+y_intercept, '-r')
hold on
plot(x, y, '+g', 'MarkerSize',15)
hold off
grid

Maker appropriate changes to get the result you want.

[Adam Danz]

Or use refline(slope,y_intercept)