Answer: y = (1/2)x-2
This is the same as y = 0.5x-2
Slope = 1/2 = 0.5
Y intercept = -2
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Work Shown:
Compare the equation to y = mx+b to find that m = -2 is the slope.
Think of -2 as -2/1. Flip the fraction to get -1/2. Then flip to positive getting 1/2.
The original slope is -2. The perpendicular slope is 1/2 = 0.5
We'll use this perpendicular slope alone with (x,y) = (-4,-4) to get the following for b
y = mx+b
-4 = 0.5*(-4) + b ... plug in the m,x, and y values mentioned above
-4 = -2 + b
-4+2 = b ... adding 2 to both sides
-2 = b
b = -2
Since m = 0.5 and b = -2, we go from y = mx+b to y = 0.5x-2
This is the same as y = (1/2)x-2 since 1/2 = 0.5