Sam needs to cut a piece of sheet metal into 8 pieces. it takes him 5 minutes to make each cut.
2. writing to explain
how would making a table you to find the number of minutes it took sam to cut the sheet metal into 8 pieces?

y = - 6

step-by-step explanation:

given the point (- 2, y) lies on the graph then it is a solution of it's equation.

substitute x = - 2 into the equation for value of y

y = 3(- 2) = 3 × - 2 = - 6

the point on the graph is (- 2, 6)

a negative exponent is translated as follows:

so, we have