SOLUTION: How to graph y=1/2x-2?

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Question 1175853: How to graph y=1/2x-2?
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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This is an equation in slope-intercept form (y = mx + b).

m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.

We are given y = 1/2x - 2, so this is a line with slope 1/2 and y-intercept -2.

Here are a few points to get you started:

(x, y)

(0, -2)

(1, -3/2)

(2, -1)

(3, -1/2)

(4, 0)