SOLUTION: write an equation of the line with the given slope and y-intercept m=1/2;(0,-5)

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Question 330767: write an equation of the line with the given slope and y-intercept m=1/2;(0,-5)
Answer by neatmath(302)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

We need to use slope-intercept form to solve this problem

where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.

We are given that and the y-intercept is

Then we just plug in those values and end up with:



I hope this helps!

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