Question

What is the equation of a line that has a slope of −1/2 and a y-intercept of 3? Express your answer in slope-intercept form.

Answer 1

`\bf \begin{array}ll \cline{1-1} slope-intercept~form\\ \cline{1-1} \\ y=\underset{y-intercept}{\stackrel{slope\qquad }{\stackrel{\downarrow }{m}x+\underset{\uparrow }{b}}} \\\\ \cline{1-1} \end{array}~\hspace{10em}\underset{\qquad y-intercept}{\stackrel{slope}{y = \stackrel{\downarrow }{-\cfrac{1}{2}}x}+\underset{\uparrow }{3}}`