The students in Mr. Nolan's class are writing expressions for the perimeter of a rectangle of side length ? and width w.

Elodia [21]

Hi, I'm happy to help!

To find the slope, you need to use the slope formula, where m is the slope:

m= $\frac{y_{2}-y_{1 } }{x_{2} -x_{1} }$

Slope means rise over run, or how much the line rises per the amount the line moves forward. This equation shows the movement from the y points to show rise, over the difference in the x points to show run.

Now, to find the slope we insert our values, starting with our second y point:

m= $\frac{2-y_{1 } }{x_{2} -x_{1} }$

Now insert our first y point:

m= $\frac{2-4 }{x_{2} -x_{1} }$

Now we insert our second x point:

m= $\frac{2-4 }{-3 -x_{1} }$

And finally our first x point:

m= $\frac{2-4 }{-3 -3 }$

Now, we solve:

m= $\frac{-2 }{-6}$

So, our slope is -2/-6, to simplify it, we remove both negatives because they cancel each other out.

m= $\frac{2 }{6}$

Now, we simplify our fraction by dividing the top and bottom by 2:

m= $\frac{1}{3}$

So, our slope is 1/3. This means that for every 1 unit the line rises, it goes to the right 3 units. The y-intercept is where the line hits the y axis.

If the question is asking for slope intercept form for the equation, you use y=mx+b

y represents any y coordinate on your line, m represents your slope (1/3), x represents any x coordinate on your line, and b represents your y-intercept (3).

If you were to insert these values, you would get:

y= $\frac{1}{3}$ x+3

You use this to find what a y coordinate would be so you can draw your line.

For the next equation we do the same thing:

m= $\frac{y_{2}-y_{1 } }{x_{2} -x_{1} }$

Insert our values:

m= $\frac{4-1}{2-(-4)}$

Get rid of the double negative:

m= $\frac{4-1}{2+4}$

Solve:

m= $\frac{3}{6}$

Simplify:

m= $\frac{1}{2}$

Now that we know our slope, let's plug it in to our slope intercept form equation.

y= $\frac{1}{2}$ x+3

I hope this was helpful! Keep learning! :D

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What should the following equation be multiplied by in order to eliminate the fractions? x/2 + x/3 = 25/3

tatuchka [14]

Answer:

6

Step-by-step explanation:

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3 years ago

In which quadrant would you find the graph of (-5, -6)?

Darya [45]

Answer:

Third quadrant

Step-by-step explanation:

To count quadrants, you do it counter-clockwise, so, since the point is in the (negative, negative) quadrant, it is the third one

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2 years ago

Find the two integers that have a sum of -6 and a product of 8.

kifflom [539]

Answer:

2 integers/???

Step-by-step explanation:

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3 years ago

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Can someone please help me with this problem?

Bumek [7]

Answer:

f'(1) = 2

Step-by-step explanation:

f(x) = 2x^2 -2x +3

Take the derivative

f'(x) = 2 * 2x - 2 * 1

f'(x) = 4x -2

f'(1) = 4(1) -2

=4-2

=2

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3 years ago