An easier way to write this would be -9-15, which we can solve just by counting backwards for 15 numbers from -9. When we do this, we can see that his expression is equal to -24.
1. -8x = 3x
-11x = 0
x= 0
y= 3(0)= 0
(0, 0)
2. -7x = -4x - 12
-3x = -12
x = 4
y = -7(4)= -28
(4, -28)
Jeanette is not correct. In an arithmetic sequence, to find the next number, you have to add the common difference. If the first number is -27, to find the next number you have to add 5, making the next number -22. The pattern of adding 5 would continue making the first 5 terms of the sequence : -27,-22,-17,-12,- 7.