4x-2y=8 ==> y=2x-4 (to better show you what I mean)
2 lines are parallel if they have the same slope (m the coefficient of x).
So y=mx + b // y =2x-4 means m=2 & y=mx + b, becomes y=2x + b.
Moreover they are telling us that this function passes by (-2,1), where -2 represents x & 1, represents y. To calculate b , replace x & y by their values:
y=2x+b ==> 1 = 2(- 2) + b==> 1 = -4 + b ==> b= 5. Finally the equation is
y=-2x+5
3s is 3 times sydneys age. so the equation would be 3s-5
On the X-Y plane, the points p and r are on the vertical line X=x. Then the perpendicular (horizontal) line through p will have the equation Y=y. Points q on that line will have coordinates
... q(<anything>, y)
9 or -9 ...if I’m wrong sorry
The exact number is 121.966019, so if you round to the nearest whole number, the answer is 122.
