A senior class at Smith High School has 84 students.
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Answer:
y = 1/2x -2
Step-by-step explanation:
The given equation is in slope-intercept form, so you recognize its slope is -2. The perpendicular line will have a slope that is the opposite reciprocal of that, so is -1/-2 = 1/2.
The y-intercept can be found from ...
b = y -mx . . . . . for line of slope m through point (x, y)
b = -1 -(1/2)(2) = -1 -1 = -2
Then the slope-intercept equation of the perpendicular line is ...
y = 1/2x -2
Answer:
21 students pass
Step-by-step explanation:
Firstly, you can set up the problem into an equation where the variable X would equal the number of students passing. You put X over the total number of students in the class, turning it into a fraction, then set it equal to the fraction (which is 75% represented as a fraction).
The fraction can be simplified, because 75 and 100 are both multiples of 25, so after canceling out the 25s you would be left with
.
Next, you use the process of cross multiplication which is essentially just multiplying the denominators of both fractions (which would be 28 and 4 in this case) to each side of the equation.
The denominators cancel out leaving you with a simple equation to simplify.
Finally, divide both sides by four in order to isolate the variable.
X = 21.