SOLUTION: how do you write this problem? "write the equation of a line that goes through the point (3,-3) and had a slope of -0.5"

SOLUTION: how do you write this problem? "write the equation of a line that goes through the point (3,-3) and had a slope of -0.5"

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Question 596929: how do you write this problem? "write the equation of a line that goes through the point (3,-3) and had a slope of -0.5"
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
y=mx+b
-3=-0.5*3+b
-3=-1.5+b
b=-3+1.5
b=-1.5
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y=-0.5x-1.5
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