document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=444723>Question 444723</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Sketch a line passing through the point (2, 1) and having<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope -1/2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "slope -1/2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Form: y = mx+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 1 when x = 2, and m = -1/2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solve for \"b\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 = (-1/2)2 + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 = -1 + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = (-1/2)x+2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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