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Hello, I really need help this math is absolutely difficult for me

Hello, I really need help this math is absolutely difficult for me-example-1
User Max Yari
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Answer:

y = -4x - 5

Step-by-step explanation:

The slope intercept form of an equation is of the form


y=mx+b

where

m = slope

b = y-intercept.

Now the equation we have at our hand is


-5x-y=4

To write the above in the slope-intercept form, we have to separate y on one side. How do we do this? We need to first get rid of that - 5x from the left-hand side.

We add 5x to both sides to get


-5x-y+5x=4+5x

the 5x's cancel from the left-hand side, leaving us with


-y=4+5x

y is still not separated yet. Therefore is a troublesome negative sign on y that we need to get rid of. So we multiply both sides by -1 to get


-y*-1=-1*(4+5x)

the negative sign on the left-hand side cancel, leaving us with


y=-1*(4+5x)

expanding the right-hand side of the equation gives


y=-4-5x

or a little cosmetic change gives


\boxed{y=-5x-4}

which is our answer with y utterly alone on the left-hand side!

Now looking a the answer choices we see that the first option matches our answer.

Therefore, the first option is the correct answer.

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