SOLUTION: Find the equation whose graph is the red line shown below. Write your answer in standard form. (Standard form is Ax+By = C, where A is positive, and A, B, and C are integers with g

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Question 1064667: Find the equation whose graph is the red line shown below. Write your answer in standard form. (Standard form is Ax+By = C, where A is positive, and A, B, and C are integers with greatest common divisor 1.)
http://image.prntscr.com/image/faf8a9836d8f46d4a41d7bb68e60c086.png

Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Find two points on the line.
(0,1) and (2,0) look like two good ones.
Calculate the slope,
m=%280-1%29%2F%282-0%29=-1%2F2
Use the point slope form of a line with either point,
y-1=-%281%2F2%29%28x-0%29
y-1=-x%2F2
2y-2=-x
highlight%28x%2B2y=2%29