What you gotta take from this problem:
What Joe got during break =

What his sister gave him =

What he has total = 10 tadpoles.
Now to assemble this equation:

Now combine like terms to get

Subtract 2 on each side of the equation to get

Now you would divide 5 on each side and get

, however since you can't have a .6 of a tadpole, you would have to round it up to 2.
Answer:
<h2>a = 3</h2>
Step-by-step explanation:
The slope of a line given two points can be found by using the formula

From the question the slope is - 3
To find the value of a we have

Divide both sides by - 3

We have the final answer as
<h3>a = 3</h3>
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