SOLUTION: Use slope intercept to graph the equation. I don't know what my points should be! y=8/7x-1

Question 184869: Use slope intercept to graph the equation. I don't know what my points should be!
y=8/7x-1
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Your equation is already in the "slope-intercept" form of y = mx+b
where the slope, and the y-intercept is
Now this is a linear equation, which means it will graph into a straight line, and you need only two points to define a straight line.
To get those two points, you first set x = 0 and solve the equation for y, then you set y = 0 and solve the equation for x, like this...
Set x = 0 and solve for y.

So the first point is (0, -1)
Set y = 0 and solve for x.
Add 1 to both sides.
Now multiply both sides by the multiplicative inverse of and this is
The second point is (7/8, 0)
Now plot these two points on your coordinate graph paper and joint the point with a straight.

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