A bag contains pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. There are 50 coins in all. Of the coins, 8% are pennies and 40% are d
imes. There are 3 more nickels than pennies. How much money does the bag contain?
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Step-by-step explanation:
Slope can be represented as rise over run (change y-values over change in x-values). Since the y-value is changing by -2 every time the x-value is changing by 2, the slope of the line must be .
In slope-intercept form ,
represents the slope of the line,
represents the y-intercept, and
represent the coordinates of any point the line passes through.
To find , substitute
and any point the line passes through.
Using (1, 0) from the table:
Thus, the equation of this line is