SOLUTION: how do you graph the equation x-4y=-4

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Question 392694: how do you graph the equation x-4y=-4
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Hi

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

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

 x-4y = -4   |solving for y to put into the slope-intercept form

  y = (1/4)x + 1  |slope m = (1/4), y-intercept is Pt(0,1)

Graph by plotting Pt(0,1) and using slope to determine other points on line

Note: as y increases/decreases by 1, x increases/decreases by 4 

For ex: (4,2) and (-4,0) are on the line