document.write( "Question 1191870: Your class is given a real-world scenario of a linear function in which the rate of change is - 3 and the initial value is - 10. You wrote the equation y=−3x+(−10) to represent the function. Your classmate wrote y=−3x−10 . Who is correct? Justify your response. \n" ); document.write( "

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y = -3 + (-10) is equal to y = -3 - 10
\n" ); document.write( "they're both correct.
\n" ); document.write( "here's a reference on the rules for adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing positive and negative numbers.
\n" ); document.write( "https://www.cuemath.com/questions/rules-for-adding-subtracting-multiplying-and-dividing-positive-and-negative-numbers/
\n" ); document.write( "while they are both correct, i think y = -3 - 10 might be more correct because it has been simplified further, but that's only if the answer was required to be simplified as far as it could.
\n" ); document.write( "since it was not specified that the answer need to be in simplest terms, they are both equally correct.
\n" ); document.write( "they will both give you the exact same answer.
\n" ); document.write( "here's a graph to show you that they are equivalent.
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\n" ); document.write( "both equations draw the same line on the graph. \n" ); document.write( "

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