Answer: The value of a is -6.
Step-by-step explanation:
To do this we need to find the y-intercept first.
-2= 4(1/2) + b
-2=2+ b
-2 -2
b= -4 so now the y-intercept is -4 so we will now have the equation y= 1/2x -4
so now put -4 into the equation for x and solve for y.
y= 1/2(-4) -4
y = -6
