Answer:
that looks like it is right
-Work backwards
-Look at theorems related to the figure
-Mark the figure to reflect the given statements
If we multiply the top equation by -4 we can get rid of the x so:
-4x+20y=-12
4x-4y=12
Add these up
16y=0
Y=0
X=3
(Note: this is hard to explain without graphing. You might want to graph both of these lines just to make sure I did this correctly. :))
Y = -4(x) is the y = mx + b where m = slope and b = the y intercept.
So the slope of line A is -4 / 1 and the y intercept is 0. (If it's 0 there is no point in writing it down, so it was left out of the equation.)
The slope of line B with be equal to the slope of line A, so we can fill that in our equation. y = -4 x + ??
We know that y increases as x decreases.
Now we just need to scale 8, -3 down until x = 0.
(8 - 4, -3 + 1) = (4, -2)
(4 - 4, -2 + 1) = (0, -1)
y = -4x -1 is your final answer. Hope that helps! :)
The ratio/proportion is young / old = young / old.
We know that one ratio is 3 / 5, so we need to complete the other.
3 / 5 = young / 40
5 goes into 40, 8 times, therefore we need to multiply the numerator by 8 also.
3 x 8 = 24
The younger student is 24 years old.
Hope this helps!