to get the equation of any straight line, we simply need two points off of it, so hmmm let's use say (-1 , -1.25) and (8 , -3.5)


So when you're solving for x here and distribute 8 on the right side, it would look like this:

Now in order to solve for x, we know we have to get all the x's on one side of the equal sign. Let's get all our x's to the left side. Since the right side has a positive 8x, you need to subtract 8x on the right. But whatever you do to one side you must do to the other. So since we are subtracting 8x on the right, we need to do that on the left.
But we can't! Since both sides will cancel out to zero before x can be solved.
Therefore the answer is 0.
Hope that helps!
Answer:
C
Step-by-step explanation:
Calculator did it lol
The best way I can explain the elimination method is, it's a method where you either add or subtract equations in order to get rid of a variable.
Cost of each pound of dog food = $2 .
Total cost of 9 pounds of dog food = 9 * 2 = $18.
Let us assume number of treats she can buy = t.
Cost of each treat = $1.
Cost of t number of treats = 1*t = 1t .
Total money Cara has = $25.
We can setup an inequality as,
Total cost of dog food + total cost of t number of treats ≤ 25.
18 + 1t ≤ 25.
Subtracting 18 from both sides, we get
18 + 1t -18 ≤ 25-18.
1t ≤ 7 or t ≤ 7.
So, she can purchase 7 or less treats.