For a science experiment Corrine is adding hydrochloric acid to distilled water. The relationship between the amount of hydrochloric acid, x, and the amount of distilled water, y, is graphed below.

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anonymous · Answer

Which inequality best represents this graph? 2y − 5x > 0 2y − 5x < 0 5y − 2x > 0 5y − 2x < 0

imstuck · Answer

Do you have any idea of where to start with this?

anonymous · Answer

no i actually don't

anonymous · Answer

can you please work it for me? I have like 20 questions left and it would really help if you could work it out for me

imstuck · Answer

Ok, the way I recommend it is to come up with an equation to the line by looking at the graph.  You can do this by seeing what y is at a certain x value, and then calculating the slope.  Do you know how to find slope from 2 points on a line?

imstuck · Answer

I can tell you the answer but it won't help you.  Sure, I'll tell you...It's the last one.

anonymous · Answer

Oh i wanted you to work it. I didn't want you just to give me the answer but ok