So you have the equation (2x+4)/-3=12
Multiply by -3 on each side.
2x+4=-36
2x=-20
x=-10
Hope this helps.
In step 1, the commutative property of addition is used since x + 5 is just equal to 5 + x
In step 2, the associative property of addition is used since x is grouped to the last term.
In step 3, the distributive property of multiplication is used since 3 is multiplied to the terms inside the parenthesis.
In step 4, multiplication is done.
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
1) First, find the slope of the line. Use the slope formula 
. Pick two points on the line and substitute their x and y values into the formula, then solve. I used the points (-5,-4) and (0,-6):
So, the slope of the line is 
.
2) Next, use the point-slope formula 
to write the equation of the line in point-slope form. (From there, we can convert it to slope-intercept form.) Substitute values for the 
, 
and 
into the formula.
Since represents the slope, substitute in its place. Since and represent the x and y values of one point on the line, pick any point on the line (any one is fine, it will equal the same thing at the end) and substitute its x and y values in those places. (I chose (0,-6), as seen below.) Then, with the resulting equation, isolate y to put the equation in slope-intercept form:
