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Please Help: Determine which ordered pair is NOT a solution of y = -5x - 4

A) (10, -52)
B) (7, -39)
C) (-7, 31)
D) (8, -44)

User Pastjean
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It's A.
All you need to do is plug in the X from the ordered pair, then solve.

y=-5x-4
y=-5(10)-4
y=-50-4
y=-54
Which is NOT -52, so the answer is indeed A
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