SOLUTION: y=x/5-4

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Question 131384: y=x/5-4
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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The equation y=x%2F5-4 also looks like y=%281%2F5%29x-4




Looking at y=%281%2F5%29x-4 we can see that the equation is in slope-intercept form y=mx%2Bb where the slope is m=1%2F5 and the y-intercept is b=-4


Since b=-4 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%2F5, this means:

rise%2Frun=1%2F5


which shows us that the rise is 1 and the run is 5. This means that to go from point to point, we can go up 1 and over 5



So starting at , go up 1 unit


and to the right 5 units to get to the next point



Now draw a line through these points to graph y=%281%2F5%29x-4

So this is the graph of y=%281%2F5%29x-4 through the points and