A fraction is a short way to write a division problem. When you see a fraction, it means "the top number divided by the bottom number".
When you actually DO the division, the answer is the decimal that's equal to the fraction.
27)
Equation of the existing water pipe's line
a) slope, m = rise / run = Δy / Δx = 3/2
b) y-intercept, b = 3
equation: y = mx + b = (3/2)x + 3
Equation of the new water pipe's line
slope, m = - 1 / (slope of the perpendicular line) = - 1 / (3/2) = - 2/3
point (0,2)
=> y - 2 = (-2/3) (x - 0) => y = (-2/3)x + 2 <---- equation of the new pipe
28)
two parallel lines have the same slope =>
slope, m = rise / run = Δy / Δx = [4 - 0] / [11 - 8] = 4 / 3
point (4,5) => y - 5 = (4/3) (x - 4)
=> y = (4/3)x - 16/3 + 5 = (4/3)x - 1/3
y = (4/3)x - 1/3 <--- equation of the new bike path
Answer:
(A) The odds that the taxpayer will be audited is approximately 0.015.
(B) The odds against these taxpayer being audited is approximately 65.67.
Step-by-step explanation:
The complete question is:
Suppose the probability of an IRS audit is 1.5 percent for U.S. taxpayers who file form 1040 and who earned $100,000 or more.
A. What are the odds that the taxpayer will be audited?
B. What are the odds against such tax payer being audited?
Solution:
The proportion of U.S. taxpayers who were audited is:
P (A) = 0.015
Then the proportion of U.S. taxpayers who were not audited will be:
P (A') = 1 - P (A)
= 1 - 0.015
= 0.985
(A)
Compute the odds that the taxpayer will be audited as follows:


Thus, the odds that the taxpayer will be audited is approximately 0.015.
(B)
Compute the odds against these taxpayer being audited as follows:


Thus, the odds against these taxpayer being audited is approximately 65.67.
The equations are in slope intercept form which is
y = mx+b
m is the slope of the equation. slope is rise/ run meaning that if a slope is 2, you can also say 2/1. this means you go up 2 squares and to the right 1 point. if the slope is negative, it looks like a downhill and the line falls left to right. if the slope is positive, it looks like uphill and the line falls right to left.
the x is what the slope is multiplied by but isn’t significant in graphing because it’s always just x
the b represents the y intercept. the y axis is the vertical line on the graph. for example if b = 7, then the line goes through 7 on the graph and basically tells us that (0,7) is a point on the line.
for y= x + 7, the slope is 1. that equation is just saying y= 1x+7 but the one is unnecessary usually because it’s implied that the x means 1x
i attached a picture of the graphed lines