The answer is:put the equation xa+yb=1 to the slope intercept form and find its slope and y-intercept.
14:

56/8 = 7 so multiply 1/2 by 7/1 to get the unidentified fraction "x/y"
1/2 · 7/1 = 7/2 or 3 1/2
15. 
to get from 100 to 5, you would divide by 20, so to solve for x, multiply 2 by 20, to get a product of 40.
40/100 = 40% or D
16.
A
The value of the land increases by 13.17% each year So it's growth function which is V (t)=15000 (1+r)^t Where r is the growth rate which is in decimal 13.17/100=0.1317
So it's
D) V(t) = 15000(1.1317)t; growth
C
All u have to do is add 23.5 to 23.5