SOLUTION: in 2006 the number of federal hazardous waste sites in california was 3 less than four times the number of sites in Washington how many hazardous waste sites were there in washingt

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Question 658645: in 2006 the number of federal hazardous waste sites in california was 3 less than four times the number of sites in Washington how many hazardous waste sites were there in washington if there were 41 such sites in california
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Solved by pluggable solver: DESCRIBE a linear EQUATION: slope, intercepts, etc
Equation describes a sloping line. For any
equation ax+by+c = 0, slope is .
  • X intercept is found by setting y to 0: ax+by=c becomes ax=c. that means that x = c/a. 8/4 = 2.
  • Y intercept is found by setting x to 0: the equation becomes by=c, and therefore y = c/b. Y intercept is 8/2 = 4.
  • Slope is -4/2 = -2.
  • Equation in slope-intercept form: y=-2*x+4.

In this case, you quite simply create a linear equation and solve. To help you avoid overloading yourself, here is the equation you would use: y=4x-3. y represents what the number of waste sites in washington is. X represents the number of waste sites in california. When you solve out the equation, x is equal to 171.
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