document.write( "Question 452174: if the slope of a line is 1/2 and the y-intercept is -2, what is the linear equation in the slope-intercept form? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If the slope of a line is 1/2 and the y-coordinate of the y-intercept is -2, what is the linear equation in the slope-intercept form? That is because a

-intercept is a point that must be represented by an ordered pair (in

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