document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=28675>Question 28675</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I hope I am asking this in the right section, but I need help with this problem.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A budget line shows all of the different combinations of goods a person can buy with a given budget, B.  If a company has $500.00 to spend on 2 goods, \"a\" and \"b\" and \"a\" = $50.00 and \"b\" = $10.00, graph the budget line using the equation ax + by = B  I tried this and got the following did I do this correctly?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ax + by = B<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ax + by = 500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50x + 10y = 500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10y = 500 - 50x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 50-5x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I used -1, 0, 1 in my xy axis table<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I came up with three ordered pairs of (-1,55) (0,50) (1,45) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A budget line shows all of the different combinations of goods a person can buy with a given budget, B. If a company has $500.00 to spend on 2 goods, \"a\" and \"b\" and \"a\" = $50.00 and \"b\" = $10.00, graph the budget line using the equation ax + by = B I tried this and got the following did I do this correctly? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "ax + by = B..CORRECT..BUT FIRST GIVE X=NO.OF 'a' GOODS BOUGHT AND Y=NO.OF 'b' GOODS BOUGHT<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ax + by = 500...OK<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50x + 10y = 500...OK<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10y = 500 - 50x..OK<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 50-5x...OK<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I used -1, 0, 1 in my xy axis table..OK...FOR X VALUES YOU WRITE...MATHEMATICALLY OK..BUT JUST THINK PHYSICALLY?CAN YOU BUY NEGATIVE QUANTITY OF GOODS ..SO YOU BETTERR TAKE ONLY POSITIVE VALUES FOR X AND Y ..THAT IS X>=0 BUT <=10 AS OTHERWISE Y WILL BECOME NEGATIVE...SO TAKE 10 INSTEAD OF -1 FOR X.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I came up with three ordered pairs of (-1,55) (0,50) (1,45)..EXCELLENT..AS TOLD ABOVE DROP (-1,55) AND PUT (10,0)INSTEAD...GO AHEAD AND PLOT THEM TO A SUITABLE SCALE WITH CONFIDENCE .THE GRAPH WILL LOOK LIKE THIS..<BR>\n" );
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