SOLUTION: Write the slope-intercept equation for the line with slope -3/7 and y intercept (0,-5) and graph the line. Please show work

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Question 387615: Write the slope-intercept equation for the line with slope -3/7 and y intercept (0,-5) and graph the line. Please show work
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Hi

slope -3/7 and y intercept (0,-5)

Using the standard slope-intercept form for an equation of a line y = mx + b  

where m is the slope and b the y-intercept.  

  y = (-3/7)x - 5 

Ordered pairs (x,y) that are points on this line:  Pt(0,-5), Pt(7,-8) and Pt(-7,-2)

Graphing