There are two ways to solve this.
The first way is logically.
Mary can
-wear a pink dress with black shoes -wear a pink dress with white shoes
-wear a blue dress with black shoes -wear a blue dress with white shoes
-wear a yellow dress with black shoes - wear a yellow dress with white shoes
Count them up, and you'll get six combinations!
Another way is simply mathematically, which is easier in my opinion.
3 (different colored dresses) × 2 (different colored shoes) = 6 (combos)
So the easiest way to do this problem is to put your equation in linear form, meaning y = the rest of the equation.
I'm going to show the work to do that below:
2x - y = 4
-2x -2x (Here I am subtracting 2x)
- y = 4 - 2x
(-1)(- y) = (-1)(4 - 2x) (Now I'm multiplying both sides by -1 to make y positive)
y = 2x - 4 (And just for neat purposes I'm going to put the 2x in front of the 4)
Now you have your equation ( y=2x-4 ) and you're ready to put it on the points of your graph.
Start on the point (0, -4) to represent the y axis.
y = 2x - 4
Then, your rise (2) over your run (1)
so your coordinates for a line will be:
(0, -4) (-2, 1) (1, 0)
You only need to plot these three to connect your line.
I appologize for my lack of visuals i understand this might be confusing, however if you have any further questions feel free to let me know!
The slope of the line is three
( 3 x 10^9 ) x ( 2 x 10^17 ) = 6 x 10 ^ 26
