SOLUTION: Directions: Write an equation in slope-intercept form of the line that pasees through the given point and is parallel to the graph of each equation. Problem: (1,-2) y=-2x+7

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Question 72837: Directions: Write an equation in slope-intercept form of the line that pasees through the given point and is parallel to the graph of each equation.
Problem: (1,-2) y=-2x+7

Answer by checkley75(3666) About Me  (Show Source):
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Y=mX+b
-2=-2*1+b
-2=-2+b
b=-2+2
b=0 THUS THE EQUATION WITH A SLOPE OF (-2) & PASSING THROUGH (1,-2) IS
Y=-2X