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Question 39177: Rewrite the equation y= -6/5x+3/2 in standard form with integer corffiviets
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Question 39178: Write the equation of the line that passes through the piont (4,-9) with the slope 1/5 in piont-slope form
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Question 39201: Solving a linear equation: Problem type 2
Solve for x. Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.
4/3x + 3/2 = 7/9
Please help me understand how to do this problem.
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Question 39265: Where would the graph of y = 5x+3 cross the y axis
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Question 39290: Word Problem--
Adult tickets for a play cost $4 and child tickets costs $1. If there were 23 people at a performance and the theater collected $80 from ticket sales, how many children attended the play?
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Question 37429: Rewrite the equation 2x – 3y = -6 as a function of x.
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Question 39350: Solve the inequality.
(1/3)x<5+(2/3)x
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Question 39344: how do you find the equation of a line? How do you know whether something is greater than or equal to or greater than and equal? I get the open circle closed circle thing mixed up! Thanx much
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Question 39377: After 2 minutes on a treadmill, Jenny has a heart rate of 82. After 3 minutes she has a heart rate of 86. Assume that there is a linear equation that gives her heart rate h in terms of time on the treadmill t. Find the equation and use it to predict her heart tate after 10 minutes on the treadmill.
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Question 39376:
y<_2
y<_2/3x-1
graphed
this is not out of our text
this is why I can not find an example to go by
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Question 39375: y<_x-1
y>_-3
also needs graphing
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Question 39379: Solve the inequality:
(4/3)(x+1)≤(1/2)(x-3)
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Question 39380: Complete the ordered pairs so that each is a solution to the given linear equation. Present your answer as an ordered pair. 3x - 2y = 12
(a) (-4,?) (b) (?-3)
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Question 39343: SOLVE THE INEQUALITY. COLLECT THE XS ON THE LEFT SIDE. WRITE THE SOLUTION SET IN INTERVAL NOTATION: (4/3)(X + 1)< (1/2)(X - 3)
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Question 39450: Graph this system of inequalities. Name the coordinates of the verics of the feasible region. Find the maximum and minimum values of the given function.
y >= 2
1 =< x =< 5
y =< x + 3
f(x,y) = 3x-2y
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Question 39579: Solve the system by graphing.
3x+y=6
3x-y=0
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Question 39578: Write the equation of the line passing through -3,-5 and 3,0.
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Question 39570: Graph the following
3x - 4y is less than or equal to 12
Thank you!
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Question 39585: Graph the function
f(x)= -2x - 5

Thank you!
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Question 39622: Find the midpoint of line segment PQ.
Q(-3,5) P(-5,-5)
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Question 38860: What is a slope?
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Question 39676: I cant figure out how to solve the literatal equation for the indicated variable.

A = 1
__
2h (B +b) (FOR b)
area OF TRAPEZOID.
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Question 39674: I cant figure out how to solve the literatal equation for the indicated variable.

2x +3y =6 (for x ) Linear equation
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Question 39621: P(6,8), Q(12,16)
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Question 39620: 0.4x + 0.4 ≤ 0.1x + 0.85
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Question 39773: please help me with this question,
Is the slope of a line that falls from left to right positive or negative?
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Question 40020: how do i solve -5x+15y=-25 to the form y=mx+b
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Question 40019: how do i solve -5x+15y=-25 to the form y=mx+b
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Question 40072: write the equation of the line L satisfying the given geometric conditions.
L has y-intercept (0,-3) and is parallel to the line with equation y=2/3x+1.
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Question 40071: write the equation of the line passing through each of the given pairs of points. Write your result in slope-intercept form, where possible.
(-1,3) and (4,-2)
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Question 40160:

Write the following phrase using symbols.
The quotient of p minus q, divided by 5

Isn't it

p
__ - 5
q
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Question 40447: Line 2 is perpendicular to a line that passes through the points (4,-3) and (-2,6). How do you solve this using the slope intercept formula (y=mx+b)? I tried to solve it about a hundred times and because it involves a fraction I became entirely confused. Help?! Thanks so much!
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Question 40451: The Question is Line 3 has a slope of 3/4 and passes through the point (-3,7).
So, I know the slope is 3/4 but my teacher wants us to solve this problem using the slope formula, point slope formula, slope intercept formula and the general form. I do not know how to start this because I wasn't given the x1,y1 points and the x2,y2 points. Help?!
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Question 40377: Write the following expression using positive exponents and simplify when possible.

x^-5
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Question 40502: I am studying for the SAT and one of the sample problems is:
For all numbers x and y, let x (they have a triangle drawn between x and y. I do not know what the triangle means)y be defined as x triangle y = x squared + xy + y squared. What is the value of (3 triangle 1) triangle 1?
Thank you soooo much! :)
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Question 40542: Solve the system of equations. Describe what you are doing at each step in your solution.
2w-x+5y+z=-3
3w+2x+2y-6z=-32
w+3x+3y-z=-47
5w-2x-3y+3z=49
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Question 40554: Write each equation in slope-intercept form. Then find the slope and the y-intercept of the line determined by the equation.
3x – 27 = 9

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Question 40553: Use the slop-intercept form to write an equation of the line with the given properties.

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Question 40559: 6. Solve the system of equations using the addition (elimination) method.
If the answer is a unique solution, present it as an ordered pair: (x, y). If not, specify whether the answer is “no solution” or “infinitely many solutions.”
4x – 3y = 1
-12x + 9y = 5

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Question 40585: I am stumped on this question. Can someone please help me with it.
Find the equation, in standard form, including all integer coefficients, of the line perpendicular to 3x – 4y = 9 and passing through (-2, -1).
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Question 40558: 5. Solve the system of equations using the addition (elimination) method.
If the answer is a unique solution, present it as an ordered pair: (x, y). If not, specify whether the answer is “no solution” or “infinitely many solutions.”
6x + 2y = 2
3x + 5y = 5

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Question 40631: Graph 2x-y=4
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Question 40632: Which of the ordered pairs (3,1), (0,-4), (-4,0), (-3,-7) are solutions for the equation x-y=4
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