Question 626563
Looking at {{{y=-(4/5)x+1}}} we can see that the equation is in slope-intercept form {{{y=mx+b}}} where the slope is {{{m=-4/5}}} and the y-intercept is {{{b=1}}} 



Since {{{b=1}}} this tells us that the y-intercept is *[Tex \LARGE \left(0,1\right)].Remember the y-intercept is the point where the graph intersects with the y-axis


So we have one point *[Tex \LARGE \left(0,1\right)]


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



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

{{{slope=rise/run}}}


Also, because the slope is {{{-4/5}}}, this means:


{{{rise/run=-4/5}}}



which shows us that the rise is -4 and the run is 5. This means that to go from point to point, we can go down 4  and over 5




So starting at *[Tex \LARGE \left(0,1\right)], go down 4 units 

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


and to the right 5 units to get to the next point *[Tex \LARGE \left(5,-3\right)]

{{{drawing(500,500,-10,10,-10,10,
  grid(1),
  blue(circle(0,1,.1)),
  blue(circle(0,1,.12)),
  blue(circle(0,1,.15)),
  blue(circle(5,-3,.15,1.5)),
  blue(circle(5,-3,.1,1.5)),
  blue(arc(0,1+(-4/2),2,-4,90,270)),
  blue(arc((5/2),-3,5,2, 0,180))
)}}}



Now draw a line through these points to graph {{{y=-(4/5)x+1}}}


{{{drawing(500,500,-10,10,-10,10,
  grid(1),
  graph(500,500,-10,10,-10,10,-(4/5)x+1),
  blue(circle(0,1,.1)),
  blue(circle(0,1,.12)),
  blue(circle(0,1,.15)),
  blue(circle(5,-3,.15,1.5)),
  blue(circle(5,-3,.1,1.5)),
  blue(arc(0,1+(-4/2),2,-4,90,270)),
  blue(arc((5/2),-3,5,2, 0,180))
)}}} So this is the graph of {{{y=-(4/5)x+1}}} through the points *[Tex \LARGE \left(0,1\right)] and *[Tex \LARGE \left(5,-3\right)]


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