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Question 942909: Find an equation for the line perpendicular to 2x + 5y - 3 = 0, with the same y-intercept as 2x + 3y + 6 = 0?
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Question 942917: Two part question
A. Write the equation of a line that passes through the point (-1, 2) with a slope of -5/2 in slope-intercept. show all work
B. Graph the equation of the line.
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Question 942933: Write the equation of a line in slope-intercept form that goes through the point (-1,2)and has a slope of -5/2. Use the following steps please.
1. plug point and xy slope into point-slope form
2. distribute to get rid of parenthesis
3. solve for y to put into slope-intercept form: y=mx+b
4. graph the equation of the line
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Question 942942: Find an equation for a line parallel to 4x + 5y + 2 = 0
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Question 942942: Find an equation for a line parallel to 4x + 5y + 2 = 0
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Question 942944: Find an equation for a line to 4x + 5y + 2 = 0, with an x-intercept of 5
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Question 942944: Find an equation for a line to 4x + 5y + 2 = 0, with an x-intercept of 5
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Question 942949: Find an equation for a line parallel to 4x + 5y + 2 = 0, with an x-intercept of 5.
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Question 943011: Write the slope-intercept form of an equation of the line that passes through the given point and is perpendicular to the line given. (-2,-2) y=-1/3x+9

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Question 943073: Hello,
I am trying to solve the following equation for x:
15x/4 = 9/4 + x-3/2
Thanks!

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Question 943073: Hello,
I am trying to solve the following equation for x:
15x/4 = 9/4 + x-3/2
Thanks!

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Question 943105: Find an equation of the line that has slope m and y-intercept b. (Let x by the independent variable and y e the dependent variable.)
m = -5/2; b = 1/4
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Question 943117: identify the solution of the system of equation -4x-4y=8 4y=-4x-8

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Question 943107: Find an equation of the line that passes through the given points. (Let x be the independent variable and y be the dependent variable.)
(3, 1) and (4, 4)
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Question 943185: Determine the equation of the line that is parallel to the y-axis and passes through the point (-4.9,0.28).
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Question 943222: Write the equation of a line perpendicular to the given line but passing through the given point.
The equation is y=1/4x-2;(8, -1)
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Question 943285: "How do you solve and graph the linear equation 4x+3y+3". There are suppose to be 3 plots to it.
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Question 943234: Hello,
I am trying to solve the below equation for x, but am somehow messing up one of the steps. Here it is:
x-1 over 8
minus
x+1 over 18
= 1
Thanks in advance :)
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Question 943413: Hello,
I am not sure how to solve this equation for x, since x is in the denominator.
8/x + 1/4 = 5/x + 1/3
Thanks!
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Question 943413: Hello,
I am not sure how to solve this equation for x, since x is in the denominator.
8/x + 1/4 = 5/x + 1/3
Thanks!
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Question 943459: Write an equation with no y intercept and graph line.
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Question 943670: I need to find an equation of the line through (2,7) and parallel to y=4x-3 then I need to write the equation using function notation. This is what I have done so far.
m=4
y-2=4(x-7)
y-2=4x-28
Please help I am stuck
Thank you!
Respectfully yours,
Tonya Thompson
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Question 943944: find an equation of the line that satisfies the given condition y intercept 4; parallel to the line x+2y+6=0
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Question 944054: y+9=-7(x-5) state the slope and the indicated point of the graph
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Question 944205: Help me, please.
Tickets for a plane cost 250 pesos for adults and 200 pesos for children. The sponsor of the show collected a total amount of not more than 44,000 pesos from more than 150 adults and children who watched the plane.
a. How can you find the possible number of children and adults who watched the plane?
b. Give 4 possible numbers of adults and children who watched the plane. Justify your answers.
c. The sponsor of the tickets realized that if the prices of the tickets were reduced, more people would have watched the plane. If you were the sponsor of the plane, would you reduce the prices of the tickets? Why?
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Question 944151: what time between 9 and 10 o clock are the hands of clock the same distance from 12?
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Question 944199: Please help me again in this homework. ^_______^

Tickets for a plane cost 250 pesos for adults and 200 pesos for children. The sponsor of the show collected a total amount of not more than 44,000 pesos from more than 150 adults and children who watched the plane.
d. Give 4 possible numbers of adults and children who watched the plane. Justify your answers.
e. The sponsor of the tickets realized that if the prices of the tickets were reduced, more people would have watched the plane. If you were the sponsor of the plane, would you reduce the prices of the tickets? Why?
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Question 944291: Solve for w.
w + 4/5 = 4 1/2

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Question 944296: (-2x+4)-(x-11)
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Question 944295: graph the slope of 3 passing through the point (-1,5)
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Question 944306: y<-5
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Question 944233: What is the solution to the system?

Line 1
x y
�1 9
3 �3
Line 2
x y
�1 �1
2 5
( , )
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Question 944328: How would you solve 7x + y = -4?
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Question 944385: (8x+4)* how do you get the x alone
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Question 944417: 3x - (x+x)
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Question 944515: A linear equation 3x +4y =7 has a unique solution. state true or false. Justify your answer.
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Question 944515: A linear equation 3x +4y =7 has a unique solution. state true or false. Justify your answer.
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Question 944633: the sum of 21 and twice a number is -19. find the number ?
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Question 944568: A student says that the slope of the line for the equation y = 20 - 15x is 20 and the y-intercept is -15. Find and correct the error.
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Question 944655: Determine whether the equation represents a horizontal or vertical line. Find the slope
2y+5=0
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Question 944655: Determine whether the equation represents a horizontal or vertical line. Find the slope
2y+5=0
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Question 944660: write the equation of the line passing through the point (5,-6) and parallel to line y=-1/2x-3
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