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35. First I graphed the line y=1/2x-1 (I tried to get the screen shot of the graph in the wiki but it wasn't working)

Then I calculated the area under the function between the x= 0 and x=3. Since the function is a line with the x-intercept of 2, the area under the function forms a positive and negative triangle.

(2)(-1)(1/2) = -1 (1/2)(1)(1/2)=1/4

-1+1/4= - 3/4 I agree!! Here is a screen shot: