SOLUTION: hello can you help me on how to find three points for the equation -4y=-5x-18 thank you

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Question 1039950: hello can you help me on how to find three points for the equation -4y=-5x-18 thank you
Found 2 solutions by solver91311, Tatiana_Stebko:
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Pick any value you like for . Put that value in the place of in the equation. Do the indicated arithmetic to find the value of that corresponds to the selected value for . Create the ordered pair by putting the value you selected for and the value you calculated for into the form .

Repeat the process with a different value for .

Repeat the process with yet a different value for .

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Answer by Tatiana_Stebko(1539) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Take any value of x that you wish
Let x be 0, substitute into thq equation x=0 and find y
-4y=-5%2A0-18
-4y=-18
y=%28-18%29%2F%28-4%29=4.5
Therefore the point with coordinates x=0%2C+y=4.5 is the solution of the equation
The point A%280%2C4.5%29
If x=-2, then
-4y=-5%2A%28-2%29-18
-4y=10-18
-4y=-8
y=%28-8%29%2F%28-4%29=2
The point is B%28-2%2C2%29
If x=2, then
-4y=-5%2A2-18
-4y=-10-18
-4y=-28
y=%28-28%29%2F%28-4%29=7
The point is C%282%2C7%29
You can choose different values of x and find as many points as you wish