You would have no problem at all if it said "7 cows minus 2 cows", or "7 books minus 2 books". The THINGS just happen to be m's instead of cows or books.
Y= -3/5x - 2 Add -3/5x to both sides
3/5x +y= -2 Multiply both sides by 5 because 5 is the denominator.
By multiplying by 5 you can cancel out and make it a real number.
5(3/5x +y) = -2(5)
3x + 5y= -10 is the answer.
1,15 3,5 are the only factor pairs
The direct variation equation is:
d=kt
where d is the distance that the giraffe travels
k is the constant of variation
and t is time
Now we are told that the giraffe can travel 800 ft in 20 seconds, so we can solve for the constant of variation (k)
800=k(20) divide both sides by 20
k=40-------------and the units are ft per sec
So now we can write
d=40t
ck
d=40t
800ft=40*20 ft
800 ft= 800 ft
Hope this helps!
