document.write( "Question 365463: write the equation of the line in slope intercept form for the line that passes through(3,-2) and has a slope of -1/2, then graph. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Hi, 
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document.write( "***General point-slope from of an equation is 
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document.write( "y = mx + b where m is the slope and b is the value of y where the line crosses the y-axis
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document.write( "Slope -1/2
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document.write( "y = (-1/2)x + b
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document.write( "Using ordered pair (3,-2) to solve for b
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document.write( "-2 = (-1/2)*3 + b
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document.write( "-4/2 + 3/2 = b
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document.write( "-1/2 = b
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document.write( "y = (-1/2)x -1/2
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