SOLUTION: Write the equation of a line with a slope of 1/2 and passes though the point (-2, -11)

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Question 1208949: Write the equation of a line with a slope of 1/2 and passes though the point (-2, -11)

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Substitute 1/2 for m, the slope.
Substitute -2 for x1, the x-coordinate of a point the line passes
through.
Substitute -11 for y1, the y-coordinate of a point the line passes
through.

Be very careful with your signs. Simplify.

Edwin
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