document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=43111>Question 43111</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> -8x - 5y = -45 as a function of x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A)f(x)=8x + 9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B)f(x) = -8/5 + 9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c)f(x) = 5/8x - 45\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d)f(x) = -8x + 45 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #28130 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><B>fractalier(6550)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=fractalier><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=28130\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> To find y as a function of x, we merely solve for y in terms of x...thus from<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-8x - 5y = -45 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "we add 8x to both sides, then divide both sides by -5...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-5y = 8x - 45<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = (-8/5)x + 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I imagine this to be Choice B but you typed it wrong (I edited it) </SPAN>\n" );
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