help me solve step by step y=(-5)x
2007-05-29 15:35:26 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
it says to find slope and y-intercept
2007-05-29 15:43:44 · update #1
slope = (-5)
passes thro` (0,0)
2007-05-29 22:04:14 · answer #1 · answered by Como 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whenever you are given more variables than the number of equations, the problem has infinitely many solutions. Besides that, if you graph the line, you would have a straight line going all the way down and the other end going all the way up. As you can see, the x value differs, and the y value as differs.
When x is 1 y is -5
When x is 0 y is 0
When x is 2 y is -10.
2007-05-29 22:39:36 · answer #2 · answered by UnknownD 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To solve for y you must assign a value to x. You can create a table.
x / y
1/ -5
2 / -10
3 / -15
-1 / 5
-2 / 10
-3 / 15
And so on and so on.
2007-05-29 22:40:12 · answer #3 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends... are you trying to solve for x? If so, you divide both sides by "-5", which will give you: (y/-5)=x.
2007-05-29 22:39:13 · answer #4 · answered by Austin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure what we are solving for here Please make it clearer
2007-05-29 22:39:22 · answer #5 · answered by Olu 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
y = -5x
that is the answer
2007-05-29 22:38:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋