document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1187263>Question 1187263</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Lucy borrowed $80 from her friend in order to help buy a new video game system.  Lucy agreed to pay back her friend $8 per week\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "write an equation representing the amount Lucy OWES her friend<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I know the slope is -8 because she is paying back 8 dollars a week<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-8x is that right? or would it be 80=-8x?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "define the variables<BR>\n" );
document.write( "**y axis I labeled amount owed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "**x axis I labeled weeks </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Lucy borrowed $80 from her friend in order to help buy a new video game system.  Lucy agreed to pay back her friend $8 per week\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "write an equation representing the amount Lucy OWES her friend<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I know the slope is -8 because she is paying back 8 dollars a week<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-8x is that right? or would it be 80=-8x?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<PRE STYLE=\"white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;\">Your axes are labeled correctly. Your slope is also correct since every week, the $80 sum is DECREASED by $8. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "As the amount owed is $80, the y-intercept is 80, and the line of the equation will slope downwards, since it's NEGATIVE.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The equation will then be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28matrix%281%2C3%2C+y%2C+%22=%22%2C+-+8x+%2B+80%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28matrix%281%2C3%2C+y%2C+%22=%22%2C+-+8x+%2B+80%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. </SPAN>\n" );
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