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Slope -2, passes through (-4, 6)

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Answer:

y = -2x-2

Explanation:

y=mx+b

m is the slope, which you already wrote (-2)

b is the initial condition, the value of y when x equals 0.

For (-4,6), we need a value 0 for x, so we add 4, but for each x value added, we add -2 to the y value, so 4 times, 6 - 8 = -2

Hope that helps

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