Question

What does the line 4x y = 17 look like?

Answer 1

The equation must be 4x + y = 17

I will use the y-intercept slope version

y = - 4x + 17

Then the slope is negative (-4) and the y-intercept is 17.

The line passes through the points (0,17) and (0,17/4). The negative slope indicates that the line goes down from left to right (y decreases when x increases).