Multiply both sides by -8 to get k = -16
To check the solution, plug in -16 into the original equation. You do in-fact get 2
Answer:
Market price $400
Cost price $300
Step-by-step explanation:
MP: market price
CP: cost price
1. (MP x 0.9) - CP = 60
CP = 0.9MP - 60
2. MP - CP = 100
CP = MP - 100
0.9MP - 60 = MP - 100
MP - 0.9MP = 100 - 60
0.1MP = 40
MP = 400
Cost price = MP - 100 = 400 - 100 = 300
Okay, so this is basically telling you that there is no solution. You don't have to worry about there being one. You just have to justify (or explain) why there isn't one.
Basically, neither y or x is equal to anything. You couldn't make x equal to a value in y because x and y are both together in the equation and equal to numbers.
We can always move a factor to the other side. So,
x-2y= -8
Add 2y to the other side.
x= -8+2y
Now, plug in -8+2y as x.
3(-8+2y)- 6y=-12
-24+6y-6y= -12
The 6y's cancel out. So, we can't figure out what y is.
-24=-12 <- no y.
These two lines are parallel. They have direct proportion in each other. That is why there is no solution because the lines never cross. Parallel lines do not cross.
I hope this helps!
~kaikers
Direct variation has this equation:
y = kx
where k is the constant of variation
y = -5 ; x = -15
y = kx
-5 = k(-15)
-5/-15 = k
1/3 = k
Choice D. y = 1/3 x
