SOLUTION: Graph each equation y=x-7 I honestly have no idea how to graph equations so please explain to me how you graphed it please!

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Question 897608: Graph each equation
y=x-7
I honestly have no idea how to graph equations so please explain to me how you graphed it please!
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Looking at y=x-7 we can see that the equation is in slope-intercept form y=mx%2Bb where the slope is m=1 and the y-intercept is b=-7


Since b=-7 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
slope=rise%2Frun

Also, because the slope is 1, this means:

rise%2Frun=1%2F1


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 up 1 and over 1



So starting at , go up 1 unit


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



Now draw a line through these points to graph y=x-7

So this is the graph of y=x-7 through the points and