When graphing a linear function in slope-intercept form, why do you have to plot the y-intercept first?

Find a parametrization for the curve「and determine the work done on a particle moving along γ in r3 through the force field f: r^3--r^3'where f(x,y,z) = (1,-x,z) and (a) im (γ) is the line segment from (0,0,0) to (1,2,1) (b) im (γ) is the polygonal curve with successive vertices (1,0,0), (0,1,1), and (2,2,2) (c) im (γ) is the unit circle in the plane z = 1 with center (0,0,1) beginning and ending at (1,0,1), and starting towards (0,1,1)