SOLUTION: Determine if (-5/6,-1)is a solution to 6x-5y=-10. Please show all of the work.

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Question 408279: Determine if (-5/6,-1)is a solution to 6x-5y=-10. Please show all of the work.
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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Replace x = -5/6, y = -1 and see if we obtain equality:

6%28-5%2F6%29+-+5%28-1%29+=+-10

-5+%2B+5+=+10

0+=+10, not true, so the ordered pair is not a solution, and the point (-5/6, -1) does not lie on the line 6x - 5y = -10.