Division CANNOT be commutative, here is why
lets say the problem is 24÷4
it is obviously 6
but when you flip 24÷4, you get 4÷24
and... 4÷24 is 0.16666666
6 and 0.1666 is totally different :p
This question is quite simple really. They are basically asking you to combine like terms. You have two different figures with the variable y, so you just combine the them. It would then be 3x + 2y. You cannot simplify this equation any further since there is nothing to solve for or anymore like terms to combine.
Answer:
y = 3.5x - 12.5
Step-by-step explanation:
First, find the slope using rise over run (y2 - y1 / x2 - x1) with the 2 points:
(-2 - 5) / (3 - 5)
-7/-2
= 3.5
Then, plug the slope and a point into y = mx + b to solve for b:
y = mx + b
5 = 3.5(5) + b
5 = 17.5 + b
-12.5 = b
Plug the slope and the y intercept into the equation y = mx + b
y = 3.5x - 12.5 will be the equation
