SOLUTION: Graph the equation and identify the y-intercept. y+x+=-4 The y-intercept is ?

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Question 157854: Graph the equation and identify the y-intercept.
y+x+=-4
The y-intercept is ?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source):
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Start with the given equation

Subtract "x" from both sides

Looking at we can see that the equation is in slope-intercept form where the slope is and the y-intercept is

Since this tells us that the y-intercept is .Remember the y-intercept is the point where the graph intersects with the y-axis

So we have one point

Now since the slope is comprised of the "rise" over the "run" this means

Also, because the slope is , this means:

which shows us that the rise is -1 and the run is 1. This means that to go from point to point, we can go down 1 and over 1

So starting at , go down 1 unit

and to the right 1 unit to get to the next point

Now draw a line through these points to graph

So this is the graph of through the points and