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Does the point (-3,7) lie on the line of y=-x+4? Why or why not?

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  • Girl
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
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    yes; substitute the point into the equation:

    7 = -(-3)+4

    7 = 7

    both sides are equal, so yes.

  • 1 decade ago

    No. If you substitute -3 for x and 7 for why then you will have 7=1 which is not a true statement. For y=7 the value of x must be +3 rather than -3. So the point (3,7) lies on the line but not (-3,7)

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes it does. Plug in x (-3) into the equation y=-x+4. You get 3+4=7 , which is your y point. Or you could just graph -x+4 on a graphing calculator and you will see that the point (-3,7) is on the line of the graph.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes! The point (-3,7) lies o the line because 7 = -(-3) + 4, Simply plug in the x value in the ordered pair and the y value for y.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Yes it does. You can simply use the point (-3,7) into the equation y = -x+4. So, 7 = -(-3) + 4 ----> 7 = 3 + 4.

    In xy plane, the slope of a line always written in y = mx + b, which m indicate the slope of a line. b indicate y intercept. In this question, the value of b is 4, and m is -1.

    m = (y2 - x2) / (y1 - x1)

    We could find out (x2,y2) from the value of b. Since it is 4, that means the y intercept is (0,4).

    Use it to check with slope m:

    m = (y2 - x2) / (y1 - x1)

    -1 = (4 - 0) / (y1 - x1)

    (y1 - x1) = -4

    (y1 - x1) is the point of x intercept which could be found now, it is (4,0)

    You can cross check whether (-3,7) lie on the line by drawing an xy plane using (0,4) as y intercept and (4,0) as x intercept.

  • 1 decade ago

    It does because when you plug in -3 for x and 7 for y you get the following:

    7 = -(-3) + 4

    7 = 3 + 4

    Since that is true, the point lies on the line.

  • 1 decade ago

    Do these coordinates satisfy the equation?

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