although you come up with 50 you have to pay attention to the significant figures and realize that the seconds only have 1 figure so the answer then becomes 5.
Hi there!
All you need to do to solve for a is add 1.6 to both sides of the equation.
It will look like this:
a - 1.6 + 1.6 = -3.7 + 1.6
After this you will see that a = -2.1.
Hope this helps!
When in doubt just replace a with -2.1 and see if you still get -3.7. :)
Answer:
y = -5/2x - 13
Step-by-step explanation:
First, we have to find the slope of the original equation
Subtract 5x from both sides
5x + 2y = 1
- 5x - 5x
2y = -5x + 1
Divide both sides by 2
2y/2 = (-5x + 1)/2
y = -5/2x + 1/2
The slope of this equation is -5/2, so -5/2 has to be in our new parallel equation
y = -5/2x + b
Plug in the given x and y
-3 = -5/2(-2) + b
-3 = 10 + b
Subtract 10 from both sides
-3 = 10 + b
- 10 - 10
b = -13
This makes our equation: y = -5/2x - 13
