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document.write( "My daughter is in the 5th grade and she is having a hard time with this question. I cannot remember how to do problems using graphs. I really do appreciate your help. Here is the question:\r
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document.write( "A Meteorologist discovered that a storm is following a path determined by the equation y=x+5. Will the storm pass over the point (1,4) on the graph? Explain.\r
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document.write( "This problem is on a handout sheet, and she left school early today so she did not bring home her book.\r
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document.write( "Once again I really do appreciate your help.\r
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document.write( "Thank you,
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document.write( "Jennie \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #83444 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! A Meteorologist discovered that a storm is following a path determined by the equation y=x+5. Will the storm pass over the point (1,4) on the graph? Explain. \n" ); document.write( "================ \n" ); document.write( "Make a substitution in the equation. \n" ); document.write( "Let x = 1; Let y = 4 \n" ); document.write( "See if you get a true statement. \n" ); document.write( "----------------------- \n" ); document.write( "4 = 1 + 5 \n" ); document.write( "4 = 6 \n" ); document.write( "That is not true. \n" ); document.write( "------------------- \n" ); document.write( "If the storm is as thin as a line the storm will not pass thru (1,4) \n" ); document.write( "================ \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( " |