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OpenStudy (anonymous):

y=-8x+17..?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

8x+y-17=0 is the standerd form of the eqution..

OpenStudy (anonymous):

first you put it in standard form ax + by = c

OpenStudy (shamil98):

What about it?

OpenStudy (shamil98):

Graph it? Put it in a different form? Locate the slope? Locate the y-intercept?..

OpenStudy (charlotte123):

@shamil98 We will never know...................

OpenStudy (nincompoop):

put it on your wall

OpenStudy (shamil98):

Be more specific, please.

OpenStudy (nincompoop):

I think it is the finals week and most questions are from test

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Use words to describe the relationship by the equation y=-8x+17..?

OpenStudy (nincompoop):

relationship of?

OpenStudy (skullpatrol):

@thannoi123 Any ideas on how to start?

OpenStudy (skullpatrol):

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OpenStudy (skullpatrol):

Are you still there @thannoi123 ???

OpenStudy (anonymous):

how i don't get it?

OpenStudy (skullpatrol):

You are asked to translate the symbols into words. The equals sign means "is", right?

OpenStudy (skullpatrol):

=, +, -8x ----into----> words

OpenStudy (anonymous):

idk how?

OpenStudy (skullpatrol):

What does the symbol "+" mean?

OpenStudy (skullpatrol):

Hello?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

plus?

OpenStudy (skullpatrol):

Not plus? but PLUS, show some confidence in what you already know from elementary school. It can also be phrased as "the sum of" right?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

aha..

OpenStudy (anonymous):

do u know the answer ??

OpenStudy (skullpatrol):

Yes.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what is the answer?

OpenStudy (skullpatrol):

If I just told you the answer, you would not understand how I got that answer would you? Next comes the group of symbols -8x ... what do they mean?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i don't know.?

OpenStudy (skullpatrol):

What grade is this for?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

9

OpenStudy (anonymous):

?

OpenStudy (skullpatrol):

In Algebra when a variable is placed next to a numeral the intended meaning is multiplication, the multiplication sign, X or * is usually let out, Okay?

OpenStudy (skullpatrol):

*left

OpenStudy (anonymous):

hum?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

-8x mean -8 time?

OpenStudy (skullpatrol):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

y equals negative eight x plus seven is the answer?

OpenStudy (skullpatrol):

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