Determine the slope of the line graphed by 5y + 6x - 2 = 0

1. are the triangles similar and if so why? what is the value of x? show your work.

Adepartment store purchases screen-printed t-shirts at a cost of $5 per shirt. they mark up the price 150% (making the selling price 250% of the store's purchase price) and put them on the sales floor. every month that a t-shirt doesn't sell, the store reduces the selling price by 25%.

If there is 20 dogs in the shelter and 5 dogs get homes, and then 43 more dogs come. how many dogs are there in the shelter?