What is the equation of a line that passes through (-6, 2) and has a slope of -1/2 ? a.) y= x/2 -2 b.) y= -x/2 -1 c.) y=2x+1 d.) y= -2x-1

Now, look at our line's equation so far: . b is what we want, the -1/2 is already set and x and y are just two "free variables" sitting there. We can plug anything we want in for x and y here, but we want the equation for the line that specfically passes through the the point (-6,2).

So, why not plug in for x the number -6 and for y the number 2? This will allow us to solve for b for the particular line that passes through the point you gave!.