SOLUTION: A school bus takes children who live more than 2 miles from school. The school is at the origin on a coordinate plane. Bob lives at the point of y=5x-4. If each unit stands for 1 m

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Question 1066470: A school bus takes children who live more than 2 miles from school. The school is at the origin on a coordinate plane. Bob lives at the point of y=5x-4. If each unit stands for 1 mile. Does Bob live far enough to use the service?
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Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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A school bus takes children who live more than 2 miles from school. The school is at the origin on a coordinate plane. Bob lives at the point of y=5x-4. If each unit stands for 1 mile. Does Bob live far enough to use the service?
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y = 5x - 4 is not a point.
It's a line.

Answer by ikleyn(52786) About Me  (Show Source):
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To answer the question, we must know for which value does "x" stand.

The equation y = 4x - 5 does NOT determine a concrete point.

It determines the whole straight line.