Is the actual value of y-intercept affected when the x-axis is started with a false origin?
False Origin definition: Location of the starting coordinates picked to the south and west of the true origin of a rectangular coordinate system. False origins are used to avoid negative coordinates. So the y-intercept value of false origin is not the same as the actual value of y-intercept. Actual value of y-intercept can be calculated as below: y(x) is the function of y with variable x using the false origin. Actual origin coordinate from false origin = (xo, yo) Actual value of y-intercept = y(xo) – yo It can be the same though if you set the false origin so that the actual intercept is the same with the y-intercept.
