Question

Graph the function and answer each of the following questions f(x)=1/2x-4

A)What is the y-intercept?
B) What is the slope in traction form)?
c) is your slope positive or negative?
d) Explain how you plotted your second point

Answer 1

The y-intercept is -4, the slope is 1/2 and the slope is positive

The other point is (2, -3)

What is the y-intercept?

From the question, we have the following parameters that can be used in our computation:

f(x) = 1/2x - 4

A linear function is represented as

f(x) = mx + c

Where

c = y-intercept

m = slope

Using the above as a guide, we have the following:

c = -4

So, the y-intercept is -4

What is the slope?

Recall that

m = slope

So, we have

m = 1/2

This means that the slope is 1/2

Is your slope positive or negative?

The slope is 1/2

This is so because 1/2 is greater than 0

Explain how you plotted your second point

Set x = 2

So, we have

f(2) = 1/2 * 2 - 4

f(2) = -3

So, the other point is (2, -3)