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What is the equation of the line that passes through the point (-2, -4) and has a slope of -1/2
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What is the equation of the line that passes through the point (-2, -4) and

has a slope of -1/2

User Shadow Droid
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use y = mx + b and solve for b.
Substitute the known values and solve.

-4 = -1/2(-2) + b

Doing it properly, you should have:

b = -5

The answer would be:

y = -1/2x - 5
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