SOLUTION: Determine if(-2/3,1) is a solution to -9x-2y=8. Please show all of your work.

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Question 449219: Determine if(-2/3,1) is a solution to -9x-2y=8. Please show all of your work.
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Determine if(-2/3,1) is a solution to -9x-2y=8. Please show all of your work.
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Substitute to see if you get an equality.
-9(-2/3) - 2(1) = 8
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6 -2 = 8
4 = 8
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Wrong
So (-2/3,1) is not a solution.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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