SOLUTION: Please help me solve this, Draw a line that has a slope of 1/2 and that goes through the point (1, 3).

Question 1131879: Please help me solve this,

Draw a line that has a slope of 1/2 and that goes through the point (1, 3).
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, joshuajz:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Plot your given point (1,3). This given datum is very clear.

Use your given slope to find any other points you desire; knowing vertical change positive 1 and horizontal change positive 2. Draw line through your points.

Answer by joshuajz(12) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We could also do this purely with algebra.
We know that the slope is and the line must go through (1, 3).
Meaning we can substitute our slope and our point into

Therefore the equation for the line is:

With that information you can graph this line easily.
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