And so that's exactly why the x intercept is the same in this particular case. Now, why does the slope actually increase? Well, the slope is km divided by VMAX. If the km value doesn't change but the v max decreases, this ratio will increase. And if the slope increases, that means we're going to have a steeper curve, as we see in this particular case. So again, if we compare the no inhibitor and the inhibitor, we compare the two curves and we see this result, then that means we have a noncompetitive inhibitor present inside our mixture.