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3 years ago

The value of x is: A. 6 B. 5 C. 2 D. 3 E. 4

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2 answers:

kolezko [41]3 years ago

5 0

3x + 1 = 2x + 6
subtract 2x from both sides

x + 1 = 6
subtract 1 from both sides

x = 5

The value of x is B. 5.

Galina-37 [17]3 years ago

3 0

Answer:

x = 5.

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to find the value of x you have to set the equations equal to each other. One you do that you use the operation of pemdas to solve the algebraic equation to find x. so first you subtract 2x from 3x which leaves you with 1x aka just x. Then you subtract one from x and 6 to get x alone. subtracting 1 from x equals 5. putting x equal to 5.

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$y=-\frac{2}{5}x-\frac{1}{5}$

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First, let's find what m is, the slope of the line.

Let's call the first point you gave, (-3,1), point #1, so the x and y numbers given will be called x1 and y1.

Also, let's call the second point you gave, (2,-1), point #2, so the x and y numbers here will be called x2 and y2.

Now, just plug the numbers into the formula for m above, like this:

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So, we have the first piece to finding the equation of this line, and we can fill it into y=mx+b like this:

$y=-\frac{2}{5}x + b$

Now, what about b, the y-intercept?

To find b, think about what your (x,y) points mean:

(-3,1). When x of the line is -3, y of the line must be 1.
(2,-1). When x of the line is 2, y of the line must be -1.

Now, look at our line's equation so far: $y=-\frac{2}{5}x + b$ . $b$ is what we want, the - $-\frac{2}{5}$ is already set and x and y are just two 'free variables' sitting there. We can plug anything we want in for x and y here, but we want the equation for the line that specfically passes through the two points (-3,1) and (2,-1).

So, why not plug in for x and y from one of our (x,y) points that we know the line passes through? This will allow us to solve for b for the particular line that passes through the two points you gave!

You can use either (x,y) point you want. The answer will be the same:

(-3,1). y = mx + b or $1=-\frac{2}{5} * -3 + b$ , or solving for b: $b = 1-(-\frac{2}{5})(-3)$ . $b = -\frac{1}{5}$ .
(2,-1). y = mx + b or $-1=-\frac{2}{5} * 2 + b$ , or solving for b: $b = 1-(-\frac{2}{5})(2)$ . $b = -\frac{1}{5}$ .