Question

What is the equation of the line with an x-intercept of -2 and a y-intercept of 1?

Oy--x+1
y = X + 1
2
O y = 2x + 1
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What is it

Answer 1

y = (1/2)x +1

Explanation:

The intercept form of the equation for a line is ...

x/(x-intercept) +y/(y-intercept) = 1

For the given intercepts, this is ...

x/(-2) +y/(1) = 1

Adding the opposite of the x-term, you get ...

y = (1/2)x +1