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Question 682787: Please help me find an answer to the following question:
Identify the slope and y-intercept of 'y-16=-4x'.

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Question 682856: Please help me with the following question:
Find the slope of a line containing points (-2,8)and(3,5).
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Question 682860: Hello my question is " Point Z is translated using the rule (x,y)----> (x-4, y+11). The coordinates of Z one are (4,-11). What are the coordinates of point Z?
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Question 682983: How do I find the rate at which a barrel containing 111 gallons will empty at a constant rate of 8 gallons per minute?
I am thinking to use r=8t+111 but I am not certain.
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Question 682978: elimination of multiplication 7x+4y=-4
5x+8y=28
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Question 683028: 5/4x-1=1/4x+7

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Question 683060: I don't know what type of help I need. I am trying to solve the problem - the product of two numbers is 442. The sum of the two numbers is 43. Find the two numbers. I don't know if this is algebra or what it is. I tried timesing 43 by several numbers and I tried dividing 442 but I can't find an answer.
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Question 683119: a part of monthly expenses of a family on milk is fixed which is rs. 500 and the remaining varies with the quality of milk taken extra at the rate of rs.20 per kg. taking the quantity of milk required as x kg and the total expenditure on milk is y write a linear equation for this information and draw the graph
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Question 683193: I'm having trouble starting this calculus problem:
Find the slope of the tangent line of x^2/3 + y^2/3 = 4 at the point (-1,3sqrt3).
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Question 683247: I'm having trouble with this calculus problem:
find the slope of the tangent line of x^2/3 + y^2/3 = 4 at the point (-1,3 sqrt3)
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Question 683415: A right triangle has a hypotenuse with a length of 13. Find the length of other two sides if their lengths have a difference of 7.
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Question 683665: Find the equation of the line described. Write the equation of the line in slope- intercept form when possible. Through (-6, -5), perpendicular to the y-axis.
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Question 683662: Find an equation of a line with the given slope that passes through the given point. Write the equation in the form Ax+By=C.
m= -9; (-2, -4)
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Question 683663: The sum of two numbers is 10, and their difference is 4. Write a system of linear equations and solve the resulting system. Let x be the larger number and y be the smaller number.
x+y=
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Question 683664: Find the equation of a line passing through the given points. Write the equation in the form Ax+By=C.
(-8,8) (-9, -7)
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Question 683715: Solve the following system of equations. If the system cannot be solved, state that it cannot be solved and explain why.
5x-2y=-24
-4y=-48-10x
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Question 683697: State the slope and y- intercept of the graph of Y= 7/8x-13
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Question 683741: Find the slope of line parallel to the line that passes through the points
(4,0 ) and 3.8, 2)
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Question 683754: Find the x-intercepts. y = x^2 � 5x � 7
Find the y-intercept. y = 4x^2 � 9x � 8
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Question 683826: A pencil of lines described by y=mx+3m-2
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Question 683907: Find the y-intercept: y = 3x^2 + 9x + 6
a. (0, �6)
b. (0, 6)
c. (6, 0)
d. (�6, 0)
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Question 683937: it says write the slope-intercept form of the equation of the line through the given point with the given slope. Heres the question;
through:(-1,-1), slope=4

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Question 683956: find the equation of the line passes through the given point and has the given slope. Express your answer in slope incept form. (8,0), m = -3
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Question 684004: Is 6 - 14 -11 or 3 the solution for (-2?) y =5x-4
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Question 684030: Write the equation of a line parallel to the given line but passing through the given point.
y = x+4; (-7,1)
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Question 684051: a vendor sold 2/3 of his hot dogs in the morning and 1/6 in the afternoon. He sold 200 hot dogs altogether. how many hot dogs did he have left?

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Question 684078: Find the slope and y-intercept: y-3=5
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Question 684102: An investor invested a total of $2,500 in two mutual funds. One fund earned a 9% profit while the other earned a 3% profit. If the investor's total profit was $159, how much was invested in each mutual fund?
the amount invested in the mutual fund that earned 9% is
the amount invested in the mutual fund that earned 3% is
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Question 684110: tell without graphing is this parallel, perpendicular or nethier parallel or pendendicular.
5x - 6 y = 19
6x + 5y = -30

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Question 683458: HOW TO SOLVE X=3Y-6 AND 2Y+X=4 IN LINEAR EQUATION?
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Question 684185: Graph the lines x=4 and y=2. What is their intersection point?
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Question 684191: Find the value of x so that the line passing through (-2, 7) and (x, 2) has a slope of -1/3
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Question 684261: Hi, i am trying to translate this from hebrew, so bare with me please :
What is the slope of a linear graph - two points are given -
(-4,6) and (2,3)
In the question i am asked for the y= ax+b equasion.
Thanks,
- Tom
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Question 684349: what is the slope of 3x+8y=24
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Question 684705: y=x-14
y=2x-10
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Question 684731: -3=1/2(8)+b
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Question 684885: y+8=0
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Question 684925: I am supposed to determine whether the following pairs of lines are (a) parallel, (b) perpendicular or (c)neither, all this without graphing. I don't know how. Please help me.
5x-6y=19
6x+5y=-30

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Question 684930: write a slope intercept equation of the line containing the points (4,1) and perpendicular to the line x-3y=9
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Question 684976: Can you put this equation in Standard Form? Y=(-8,0), M=4
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Question 685042: My question is this in the slope-intercept formula I know what is y-intercept and which is slope. Take the formula y=-x+4, now I know the coordinate for y is (0,4), but now how do you figure the slope when you only have a -x. If it was like a -2x I could at least change that to -2/1, but what can you do with something like a -x.
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