SOLUTION: How do you write this in slope intercept form 3 over 2 is the slope and it passes through (-5,1)

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Question 482890: How do you write this in slope intercept form 3 over 2 is the slope and it passes through (-5,1)
Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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y=mx+b
1=3/2*-5+b
1=-15/2+b
2/2+15/2=b
17/2=b
b=8.5
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y=3/2x+8.5