Question 585068
I'm assuming you want to graph this equation.


Looking at {{{y=(1/3)x-4}}} we can see that the equation is in slope-intercept form {{{y=mx+b}}} where the slope is {{{m=1/3}}} and the y-intercept is {{{b=-4}}} 



Since {{{b=-4}}} this tells us that the y-intercept is *[Tex \LARGE \left(0,-4\right)].Remember the y-intercept is the point where the graph intersects with the y-axis


So we have one point *[Tex \LARGE \left(0,-4\right)]


{{{drawing(500,500,-10,10,-10,10,
  grid(1),
  blue(circle(0,-4,.1)),
  blue(circle(0,-4,.12)),
  blue(circle(0,-4,.15))
)}}}



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

{{{slope=rise/run}}}


Also, because the slope is {{{1/3}}}, this means:


{{{rise/run=1/3}}}



which shows us that the rise is 1 and the run is 3. This means that to go from point to point, we can go up 1  and over 3




So starting at *[Tex \LARGE \left(0,-4\right)], go up 1 unit 

{{{drawing(500,500,-10,10,-10,10,
  grid(1),
  blue(circle(0,-4,.1)),
  blue(circle(0,-4,.12)),
  blue(circle(0,-4,.15)),
  blue(arc(0,-4+(1/2),2,1,90,270))
)}}}


and to the right 3 units to get to the next point *[Tex \LARGE \left(3,-3\right)]

{{{drawing(500,500,-10,10,-10,10,
  grid(1),
  blue(circle(0,-4,.1)),
  blue(circle(0,-4,.12)),
  blue(circle(0,-4,.15)),
  blue(circle(3,-3,.15,1.5)),
  blue(circle(3,-3,.1,1.5)),
  blue(arc(0,-4+(1/2),2,1,90,270)),
  blue(arc((3/2),-3,3,2, 180,360))
)}}}



Now draw a line through these points to graph {{{y=(1/3)x-4}}}


{{{drawing(500,500,-10,10,-10,10,
  grid(1),
  graph(500,500,-10,10,-10,10,(1/3)x-4),
  blue(circle(0,-4,.1)),
  blue(circle(0,-4,.12)),
  blue(circle(0,-4,.15)),
  blue(circle(3,-3,.15,1.5)),
  blue(circle(3,-3,.1,1.5)),
  blue(arc(0,-4+(1/2),2,1,90,270)),
  blue(arc((3/2),-3,3,2, 180,360))
)}}} So this is the graph of {{{y=(1/3)x-4}}} through the points *[Tex \LARGE \left(0,-4\right)] and *[Tex \LARGE \left(3,-3\right)]

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