Absolute value is the distance from zero this might help
If you simplify each side of the equation you get this y= -4 - 3x/5
Answer:
Taylor's conjecture is correct because the population of 2000 in the city was more compared to the population in 2010 in the same city. This is because the population in 2000 was 935,426 and it had 848 more people in that same city compared to in 2010. Therefore Taylor is right since 2000's population is 848 more than 2010's population...
