Answer:
You can tell because, as x increases/decreases, y increases/decreases at the same rate EACH TIME. This way, no matter how many times the proportions increase OR decrease, the ratio between x and y always stays the same.
Commenter jdoe said it right: solve for y and leave the rest on the other side.
-x + 3y = 6
3y = 6 + x add x on both sides
3y = x + 6 rearrange to get the x first
y = (x + 6) /3 divide both sides by 3
y = x/3 + 6/3 split the numerator (caution - never split denominators)
y = x/3 + 2 simplify 6/3
Thus the line in slope intercept form of y = mx + b is y = 
Answer:
A) 2
Step-by-step explanation:
I<em>n a box-and-whisker plot, the left "whisker" is the bottom 25%, the line between the two "boxes" is to 50%, and the right "whisker" is the top 25%</em>.
In class 2, the 90 point mark is where the line between the boxes are, which means that 50% of the class earned 90% or less. That is 13/2 = <em>6.5 people</em> (this is impossible but it will work out)
In class 1, the 80 point mark is also where 50% is. So, half of the students, 17/2 = <em>8.5 people</em>, have 80 points or less.
<em>8.5 - 6.5 =</em> 2 people.