If you expand the square, you have
Simplify the right hand side:
Cancel the -3x appearing on both sides:
Multiply both sides by 4:
Consider the square root of both terms (using the doubles sign):
-4=-1b-(1/3)b
-4=-(4/3)b
-4/-(4/3)=b
b=3
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(1/2)3+(5/3)2
3/6+10/6=13/6
-23/3=13/6a
(-23/3)/(13/6)=a
a=-46/13
B is true
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The factor of <span>15xy − 45x − 6y + 18 is 3(y-3)(5x-2).</span>
The rate of change is also called the slope
the formula foe the rate of change is (y2-y1) / (x2-x1)
x1 = -3
x2 = 6
y1 = 14
y2 = -1
rate of change = (-1 - 14) / (6- (-3)
= -15 / 9
= -5/3
