a linear equation is an equation that may be put in the form where are the variables, and are the coefficients, which are often real numbers. The coefficients may be considered as parameters of the equation, and may be arbitrary expressions, provided they do not contain any of the variables.
Is there picture cause I cant draw it but ik how to do scattered plots
The missing part is the number
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Answer: y - 4 = -2(x - 5)</h3>
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Explanation:
Point slope form is
y - y1 = m(x - x1)
where m is the slope and (x1,y1) is the point the line goes through.
Parallel lines have equal slopes but different y intercepts. The given equation y = -2x-3 has a slope of -2, meaning that m = -2 is also the slope of the mystery parallel line.
-2 will go in the second box that's just to the left of the parenthesis.
The coordinates of (5, 4) will go in the other remaining boxes to finish off the equation.
We go from this
y - y1 = m(x - x1)
to this
y - 4 = -2(x - 5)
Well, you only listed three pieces so far. But I can already see a
pattern emerging from those three.
Of course, the next piece might return to 1-1/2 inches. I mean,
the pattern can't just keep on going and increasing forever or
Cody would eventually wind up with pieces that are a mile long.
It must eventually return to 1-1/2 inches and start over from there.
From the first piece to the second one, and from the second one
to the third one, the increase is 5/16 inch both times. So if the
pattern is more than three pieces long before it starts over from
1-1/2, then the next piece is
(2-1/8 + 5/16) = (2-2/16 + 5/16) = 2-7/16 inches .
