The point-slope form:
m - slope
We have the origin (0, 0) and the slope m = 2. Substitute:
1/3+1/2=5/6
and 1/4+1/3=7/12
Let z be any number (like x would be)
if we set z equal to 2x-6y, then we get z = 2x-6y
The system
2x-6y = 8
2x-6 = 3
turns into this new system
z = 8
z = 3
but z is a single number. It can't be both 8 and 3 at the same time. So there are no solutions
Answer:
We can start by rewriting the initial equation x +10y=260 in order to express how y depends on x.
This is a linear function ( it's a straight line). Linear functions have two intercepts, y and x.
To find x-intercept (also called zero of a function) we set y=0 and we solve for x.
This means that at x=260 our function has a value of 0. y(x) represents a distance from the school. This means that when y(x) is 0 our athlete reached school (finished the race), so this also answers your second question. The time it takes an athlete to finish the race is 260 minutes.
The y-intercept a value of our function at x=0. This gives us a distance of our athlete from the school at the start of the race. We find this by plugin x=0 in our equation. We get that y=26 when x=0. This makes perfect sense. Our athlete is 26 miles away from high school at the start of the race.
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