document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1181419>Question 1181419</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the standard form of the equation of the line that passes through <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1/2, 2) and has slope -4. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the standard form of the equation of the line that passes through<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1/2, 2) and has slope -4.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Strictly speaking, the answer in the post by @mananth is not correct.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "His equation y = -4x + 4 correctly describes the line, but his equation is slope-intercept form,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "not the standard form.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Standard form equation is 4x + y = 4 in this problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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