Because d actually collects data about what the people want.
1/3 of all students bring lunch
2:3 is the ratio of students who bring their lunch to the number of students who do not
What you do is plug the z value (first column) into the formula (second column), and solve for y. For instance, the first one would be y = -1-2, or -3. The x would be the x in the ordered pair, and the final ordered pair would be (-1,-3). Make sense?
Obtuse angle
Operation
Order of operation
Two lines that are parallel have the same slope. Thus, find the slope of the line (J) thru (4,2) and (5,1), and that will be the answer to your question.
2-1 1
m = --------- = ------ = -1 (answer)
4-5 -1