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Please help ASAP! Which ordered pair is a solution of this

equation?
-5x - 9y = -8
Click on the correct answer
A.
(2,-1)

B.
(-1,2)

C.
(-22)

D.
(2,-2)

User Tono Nam
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Answer: Choice C. (-2,2)

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Step-by-step explanation:

For each possible answer choice, you'll plug in the given coordinates to see which results in a true equation or not.

If we try choice A, then we plug in x = 2 and y = -1 to get

-5x-9y = -8

-5(2)-9(-1) = -8

-10+9 = -8

-1 = -8 which is false

So (x,y) = (2,-1) is not a solution. We can cross choice A off the list.

You'll find a similar situation happens with choices B and D. They don't work either.

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Choice C works because...

-5x-9y = -8

-5(-2)-9(2) = -8 .... replaced x with -2, replaced y with 2

10-18 = -8

-8 = -8

We get a true equation. So (-2,2) has been confirmed to be a solution.

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