The intercept point is based on a regression line plotted with known x and y values.

A regression line is a line that best fits that known data points.

The INTERCEPT function takes twoarguments,known_ysandknown_xs, which should be arangeorarrayof numeric values.

Excel SLOPE function

Theknown_ysrepresent dependent values andknown_xsrepresent independent values.

Both arguments must contain the same number values, or INTERCEPT will return #N/A.

A regression line is a “best fit” line based on known data points.

Excel LINEST function

The values returned by LINEST include slope, intercept, standard error values, and more.