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Dimitri is buying a camera on an installment plan. He makes equal monthly payments. The equation below can be used to find the amount he owes after any number of months of payments.

y=−25x+400
What does the number 400 represent in the equation?

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How much he owns initially

User Marco Costa
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Answer: How much he owes initially

Step-by-step explanation: It is in slope-intercept form. y=mx+b. My comment earlier was incorrect. m is how much money he has to pay every month, and b is how much he initially owes.

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