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I am confused about the competitive inhibition plots. Can someone explain why the slope increased? I found the below answer but it still doesn't make sense. Why would km going up increase the y intercept? If this is the case then if Km goes down wouldn't Y go up, and the slope go down? This is not what happens in non competitive plots for example. Sorry for the long post but this topic is really confusing me.

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