SOLUTION: graph y = ½x and what is the y-intercept?

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Question 391337: graph y = ½x and what is the y-intercept?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi,         

Using the standard slope-intercept form for an equation of a line y = mx + b

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

  y = (1/2)x  y-intercept is (0,0) slope of the line m =1/2

Note: slope tells us as y value changes by 1, x value changes by 2