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Answer: f(x) = (-1/2)x+1, choice B</h3>
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Explanation:
The diagonal line passes through 1 on the vertical y axis. So the y intercept is b = 1. This means the location of the y intercept is (0,1).
Start at (0,1) and move down 1 and to the right 2 to arrive at (2,0). This is another point on the diagonal line. The motion of "down 1 and right 2" is effectively the slope
slope = rise/run = -1/2
rise = -1, run = 2
The rise being negative means we have gone downhill as we move to the right.
With m = -1/2 as the slope and b = 1 as the y intercept, we go from y = mx+b to y = (-1/2)x+1
The last thing to do is replace y with f(x) to get f(x) = (-1/2)x+1 as the final answer.
Answer:
D.
Step-by-step explanation:
The equation given takes the point-slope form which is, 
. Where,
(a, b) = (x, y) coordinates of a point on the line.
m = slope of the line .
To find which graph has a line equation of 
, look for the points which will give you something almost exactly as the equation if you substitute their values into .
Let's consider option D.
We have a given point (1, 2). a = 1, b = 2.
Substitute these into
We have:
As you can see, this looks almost exactly as
.
If you want to be certain that option D is the answer, find m by using the coordinates of any other point on the line and plug into to find m:
In graph D, let's take the points (0, -1)
Divide both sides by -1
3 = m
m = 3.
Therefore, option D is the graph of the line .
