Let’s simply step-by-step.
-9+1/4x-6-1/8x
=-9+1/4x+-6+-1/8 x
COMBINE LIKE TERMS:
=-9+1/4 x + -6 + -1/8 x
=(1/4 x + -1/8 x) + (-9+-6)
Answer
=1/8x -15

Keep in mind: The entire line segment (VX) is equal to 14.

Let's see how the line segment looks like first.
Line segment VX is 14 units long.
14
______________
V X
W is on the line segment somewhere, and VW is equal to 3.
3 ?
______________
V W X

We have to solve for the <em>?.</em> Let's put ? as x. So now we are solving for x.
We have to set up our equation like this:
x + 3 = 14
Since our unknown value plus 3 is equal to 14, we have to subtract 3 from 14 to get our answer.
14 - 3 = 11
3 11
______________
V W X

Answer: -12
Step-by-step explanation: To solve this problem, we can first start by rewriting the problem. When we add a negative, that's exactly the same thing as subtracting so we can make the problem easier to understand.
18 + (-30) → 18 - 30
To find the answer to this problem, let's first find out how many jumps it get's to 0 from 18. It would take 18 jumps and there is 12 jumps left over. Then, we would subtract 12 from 0 and we would get -12 as our answer. Therefore, 18 + (-30) = -12.
M, or slope, is needed to define if a set of lines are parallel or not.