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We want an equation in the form of y=mx+b, where m is the slope. Using substitution that gives us $\"y=-2x%2Bb\"$ . Using the y-intercept, again substitute values to get $\"4=b\"$ , which makes our equation of the line to be $\"y=-2x%2B4\"$ . The graph is:
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