You need to isolate the variable my dividing each side by factors that don’t contain the variable
x=-5
9/16.
There is no common factor to 9 and 16.
No number can go into 9 and at the same time go into 16.
So in simplest form it is still = 9/16
Since one gallon is equal to 8 pints, 16 pints would equal to 2 gallons.
The sentence reads:
J equals the value of x such that x is an integer AND x is greater than -1.
Translated to English, we can say J is an integer which is zero or positive, or in other words, J is a non-negative integer.
Yes it is linear, you go up my fours in the y side and go down by two on the x side. The equation is y=2x+19
