Y-intercept = -4 • Slope = -1
2
y
10
9
8
2
6
5
4
3
2
-10
-9
-8
-7
-6
-5
- 4
-3
-2
-1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
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9
10
-1
2
-3
-4
-5
-6
-7
-8
-9
-10

First point: -4 on y axis.

Second point: (2, -5)

Step-by-step explanation:

When graphing, we always set the equation as y=mx+b where m = slope and b = y intercept

y = mx + b

y =  

Then we plot by starting with the y intercept going four units down, one unit below and two units to the right.

step-by-step explanation:

12: 00 p.m. to 7: 00 p.m. is a total of 7 hours.

4: 00 p.m. to 7: 00 p.m. is a total of 3 hours.

this means that from 4: 00 p.m to 7: 00 p.m. this represents 3/7 of what was lost from 12: 00 p.m. to 7: 00 p.m.

after knowing this, after doing 11,600 - 6,800 = 4,800

4,800 represents 3/7 of what was lost for 7 hours.

we then divide 4,800 by 3 which gets 1,600.

because we know that 1,600 represents 1/7 of how much water was lost, we just have to multiply by 7, which gets 11,200.   after adding 11,200 to how much water was left at 7: 00 p.m. which was 6,800. 11,200 + 6,800 = 18,000

this means that the pool originally had 18,000 gallons in the pool.

you can also check your work by doing 18,000 - 4(1600), which becomes           1800 - 6400 which gets you 11,600.