SOLUTION: Graph the line y=-1/2x+2

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Question 246024: Graph the line
y=-1/2x+2
Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source):
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y=-1/2x+2
.
this is in "slope-intercept" form:
y = mx + b
where
m is the slope
b is the y-intercept at (0,b)
.
In your case, the
slope is -1/2
and the
y-intercept is at (0, 2)
.

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Equation describes a sloping line. For any
equation ax+by+c = 0, slope is .
X intercept is found by setting y to 0: ax+by=c becomes ax=c. that means that x = c/a. 2/0.5 = 4.
Y intercept is found by setting x to 0: the equation becomes by=c, and therefore y = c/b. Y intercept is 2/1 = 2.
Slope is -0.5/1 = -0.5.
Equation in slope-intercept form: y=-0.5*x+2.