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Help me please/.,...graph the equation and identify m and b

Help me please/.,...graph the equation and identify m and b-example-1

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You have the following equation:


y=-(7)/(2)x

Take into account that the general form is a line equation is:

y = mx + b

where m is the slope and b the y coordinate of the y-intercept.

As you can notice, by comparing the given equation with the general expression, you have:

m = -7/2

b = 0

In order to graph the line, you can calculate two points on the line and draw a straight line wich crosses the points. For instance, if x = 0 and x = 2, you have for y:

y = -7/2*(0) = 0

y = -7/2*(2) = -7

which means that (0,0) and (2,-7) are on the line.

Then, the graph can be represented as follow:

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