Mathematically, a ray is a portion of a line which starts at a point and goes off in a particular direction to infinity.
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a = -2
b = -9
Here is how to solve the problem.
First thing I did was multiply the first equation by -2 so that we can eliminate the the b. After you multiply it by -2, your new equation is -16a + 8b = -40.
You leave the second equation alone and all you do is combine like terms. So -16a+5a is -11. And you eliminate the b. Then you're going to do -40+62 which is 22. So it's -11a=22 and then you have to solve for a. What I did was I multiplied the whole thing by minus to turn the a positive. So then it's 11a=-22. Pretty easy, the final step is to simplify. -22/11 is -2. ;D
So there you have your first answer.
a = -2
Now we're going to use the first answer to help us find b.
For the second equation, all you're going to do is plug in that a.
5 (-2)-8b=62
-10 - 8b = 62
Now we move the -10 to the other side...
-8b = 62 + 10
-8b = 72
Multiply the whole thing by negative once again to turn the b positive.
Now we have 8b = -72
The final step is to simplify. -72/11 = -9
b = -9
Hope this makes sense! Also I had the same question on my test and I got it right. :)
So Scientific Notation is a "simplified version" of a number. For example, is your number is 2,345, the scientific notation would be 2.345 * 10³.
If it was 0.023, then the scientific notation would be 2.3 * 10^-2.
Scientific notation is found by moving the decimal place to the left or right, until only one digit is left to the left of the decimal; it has to be greater than 1, but less than ten. If you move the decimal place to the right, it's a negative power of 10. If you move it to the left, it is a positive power of 10.
Hope this helps!
Answer:
the answer is the first one!
because if x=-3 we know that |x|=|-3|=3