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Find the equation of the line cutting off an intercept-2 from the y-axis and equally inclined to the axes.

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`x-y-2=0 or x+y+2=0`
`m=tan45^(@)=1 or m=tan135^(@)=tan(180^(@)-45^(@))=-tan45^(@)=-1."Also,"c=-2`
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