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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Can someone help me with a question for a medal please???

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Sure, just ask :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Choose the system of equations which matches the following graph.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The options are: 5x − y = 7 2x − y = 0 5x − y = 7 2x + y = 0 5x + y = −7 2x + y = 0 5x + y = −7 2x − y = 0

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Ugh, hang on let me get rid of the question marks

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Do you want the answer or an explanation (which would be rather long)?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Answer first, than explanation?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I am confused so I would like to know how its done so I can figure it out if there is another question similar to this one

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Finding the equation with the negative slope is easy. Do you know what the y-intercept is? And can you figure out the slope?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Hang on, I'll retype the answers so it will be easier for us

OpenStudy (anonymous):

5x - y = 7 2x - y = 0 5x - y = 7 2x + y = 0 5x + y = -7 2x + y = 0 5x + y = -7 2x - y = 0

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Do you see how the y-intercept is 0 and the slope is -2?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yeah

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Ok great so we can use y = mx + b plug in m and b y = -2x + 0 y = -2x

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Which is the same as 2x - y = 0 Already we see the answer must be A or D

OpenStudy (anonymous):

To find the second line's equation is a little harder

OpenStudy (anonymous):

We don't know the y-intercept, but we can use the point-slope formula |dw:1414195568018:dw|

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