Chapter 3 - Introduction to Graphing - 3.6 Slope-Intercept Form - 3.6 Exercise Set - Page 209: 43

$y=\dfrac{7}{8}x-1$

Using $y=mx+b$ where $m$ is the slope and $b$ is the $y$-intercept, then the equation of the line with the given slope equal to $ \dfrac{7}{8} $ and the given $y-$intercept equal to $\left(0, -1 \right)$, is \begin{array}{l} y=\dfrac{7}{8}x-1 .\end{array}