The answer would be 7.42
Use desmos online calculator
Answer:
D. 2
Step-by-step explanation:
(1 - -5)/(4 - 1) = 6/3 = 2
When you write a function in the form
, y is the dependent variable, and x is the independent variable.
So, if b is the independent variable, it means that we have to solve the expression for r.
To do so, we perform the following steps: start with

Add 12 to both sides

Divide both sides by 4:

So, we wrote the expression in the form
, which means that r is the dependent variable and b is the independent variable, as requested.
A negative divided by a negative is always a positive. 4 can go into 18 only 4 times to get 16 with a remainder of 2. 2 is half of four, therefore -4 can go into -18 4.5 times.
The answer is 4 1/2 or 4.5.
I hope this helps ^-^