Question

How do you graph `y=-4x+3`?

Answer 1

graph{y=-4x+3 [-5.17, 4.83, 0.59, 5.59]}
See below for explanation.

Explanation:

The equation is in the form `y=mx+b`, where `m` is slope and `b` is the y-intercept.
Slope is in the form of `(rise)/(run)`, or y-distance over x-distance. A negative slope means you go DOWN the y-axis, but the x-axis still goes rightwards.

Your y-intercept, `b=3`, means you have a point at `(0,3)`.
Now, your slope is `m=-4`, or `-4/1`, meaning you go down 4 units and right 1 unit. Use this to graph the next point down, which should be `(1,-1)`.

Connect these two points, and you have your graph.