00:01
We need to solve the system for a and b so we can write the linear equation of y equals a times x plus b.
00:09
So we're going to multiply our top equation by 5 and our bottom equation by negative 2 so we can cancel out our bs.
00:19
So we get 30b plus 15 times 5 is 75a is equal to 23 .6 times 5.
00:30
That's 118.
00:32
And on our bottom, we get negative 30b minus 55 times 2 is negative 110a.
00:40
And 48 .8 times 2 becomes negative 97 .6.
00:46
So our bs cancel out, 75 minus 110, comes out to be negative 35a, equals 118 minus 97 .6, is 20 .4.
01:03
We divide both sides by negative 35.
01:09
And we get, we get a is equal to an infraction form of negative 102 over 175.
01:22
Approximately a to two decimal places is negative 0 .58...