Question 7 • Mathematics 8
Rewrite the first equation, 2x − 3y = 12, to isolate y: −3y = 12 − 2x, so y = (2/3)x − 4. This is slope-intercept form, y = mx + b. The second equation is already in that form: y = −(3/5)x + 2, so A is the true statement.
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