The slope is 8.
(5,40) (10,80)
80-40=40
10-5=5
40/5=8
Answer:
You did not post the options, but i will try to answer this in a general way.
Because we have two solutions, i know that we are talking about quadratic equations, of the form of:
0 = a*x^2 + b*x + c.
There are two easy ways to see if the solutions of this equation are real or not.
1) look at the graph, if the graph touches the x-axis, then we have real solutions (if the graph does not touch the x-axis, we have complex solutions).
2) look at the determinant.
The determinant of a quadratic equation is:
D = b^2 - 4*a*c.
if D > 0, we have two real solutions.
if D = 0, we have one real solution (or two real solutions that are equal)
if D < 0, we have two complex solutions.
Answer: there are no solutions
Step by step: Step 1: Simplify both sides of the equation.
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Step 2: Subtract 3x from both sides.
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Step 3: Add 3 to both sides.
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6
Total money Marcus has = $28
Money spent to buy a notebook = $3.75
Money left now = 
Money needed to be saved = $11.25
So, the amount of money Marcus can spend = 
Cost of a packet of chips = $1.30
The inequality to determine the maximum number of chips he can buy is:
Let the number of chips Marcus can buy = x
As he cannot spend more than $13 to buy chips so equation becomes:
Solving this we get
Hence, Marcus can buy a maximum of 10 packs of chips and save $11.25
